Uthangarai taluk is a rural

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 ...

Krishnagiri district Krishnagiri district is one of the 38 districts (a district in the north western part) of the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. This district is carved out from Dharmapuri District by 2004. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district head ...

of the

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. The headquarters is the town of

Uthangarai Uthangarai is a Taluk, Town Panchayat in Krishnagiri district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Uthangarai had a total population of 15,393. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and ...

Areas in the taluk

There is one town, the headquarters

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, and 182 villages in Uthangarai taluk, with the largest village being Thandiyappanoor with a 2011 census population of 2240. The villages are:

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Uthangarai had a population of 212,970 with 109,567 males and 103,403 females. There were 944 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 64.73%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 11,480 Males and 10,247 Females.

References

Taluks of Krishnagiri district {{Krishnagiri-geo-stub