Kamuthi also spelled Kamudi actually stands for Kavinmigu Mullai Thirunagar. Kamuthi is a
Panchayat town
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in
Ramanathapuram district
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in the Indian
state
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Tamil Nadu
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Kamuthi is known for being the home of the
Kamuthi Solar Power Project
Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a photovoltaic power station spread over an area of in Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram district, 90 km from Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The project was commissioned by Adani Power. With a generatin ...
, a large
solar power plant
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Kamuthi town is situated in Ramanathapuram District,
Tamil Nadu
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. The Kamuthi town has a population of 14754, male population is 7416 and female population is 7338 as per the Census 2011 data. Population of children under the age of 0-6 is 1514, male child population under the age of six is 766 and female child population under the age of six is 748. The total literacy rate of Kamuthi city is 88.56%, the male literacy rate is 93.8% and the female literacy rate is 83.28%. In Kamuthi the female sex ratio is 989 per 1000 male persons. Child sex ratio is 977 per 1000 male child under the age of six. The total number of households in Kamuthi is 3379.
Demographics
Kamuthi is about 90 km from Madurai. It belongs to the
Mudukulathur
Mudukulathur is a panchayat town in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu
Demography
India census, Mudukulathur had a population of 13,130. Males constituted 50% of the population and fe ...
Legislative Constituency.
India
census
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References
{{Ramanathapuram district
Cities and towns in Ramanathapuram district