Kamuthi taluk is a
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
of
Ramanathapuram district
Ramanathapuram District, also known as Ramnad District, is one of the 38 districts an administrative districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The old Ramanathapuram District consists of Present day Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar is a c ...
of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Kamuthi
Kamuthi also spelled Kamudi actually stands for Kavinmigu Mullai Thirunagar. Kamuthi is a Panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Kamuthi is known for being the home of the Kamuthi Solar Power Project, a lar ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kamuthi had a population of 135,660 with 68,600 males and 67,060 females. There were 978 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 70.12. Child population in the age group below 6 was 7,070 Males and 6,770 Females.
References
Taluks of Ramanathapuram district
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