Mayiladuthurai district is one of the 38

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the state 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 ...

in India. The district headquarters is located at

Mayiladuthurai Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a town and district headquarter of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located at a distance of from the state capital, Chennai. Mayiladuthurai was ruled by Mediev ...

Geography

The district is bounded on the north by

Cuddalore district Cuddalore District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. History Since ancient times, the old town has been a seaport. Through the centuries, Cuddalore has been subject to a number of foreign powers including the Net ...

, on the west by

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

, on the south by

Tiruvarur district Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males. Geography The district occupies an area of 2,161 ...

and

Karaikal district Karaikal district ( French: ''District de Karikal'') is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. Geography Karaikal district occupies an area of . Karaikal is a small coastal enclave of territory which was f ...

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, and the Bay of Bengal to the east. The district is situated in the fertile delta of the

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dis ...

and is entirely flat plain. The Kaveri, as well as many of its distributaries, flows through the district and enters the sea here. Most of the northern border with Cuddalore is formed by the

Kollidam River The Kollidam (referred to as Coleroon in Colonial English) is a river in southeastern India. The Kollidam is the northern distributary of the Kaveri River as it flows through the delta of Thanjavur. It splits from the main branch of the Kaver ...

Taluks

As of 2020, when Mayiladuthurai District was carved out of Nagapattinam it had the following taluks: *

Kuthalam taluk Kuthalam taluk is a taluk in the Mayiladuthurai District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The administrative headquarters is the town of Kuthalam Kuthalam (Tiruthuruthi (now known as Kuthalam)) is a panchayat town in Mayiladuthurai district i ...

Mayiladuthurai taluk Mayiladuthurai taluk is a taluk of Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state 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 ...

Sirkazhi taluk Sirkazhi taluk is a taluk of Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sirkazhi Sirkazhi () also spelled as ''Siyali'' is a major municipal town in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil ...

Tharangambadi taluk Tharangambadi taluk is a taluk of Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state 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 a ...

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Mayiladuthurai district had a population of 918,356. 741,788 lived in rural areas while 176,568 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 32.31% and 0.23% of the population respectively.District census 2011 - Nagapattinam
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Politics

References

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