Pennagaram taluk
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Pennagaram 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 ...
in the
Dharmapuri district Dharmapuri is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil-Nadu, India. It is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from then-Salem district on 2 October 1965. Dharmapuri District is one of t ...
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
Pennagaram Pennagaram is a town in Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of Pennagaram taluk (sub-district). Geography Pennagaram is located at . It has an average elevation of 493 metres (1617 feet). The ...
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Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Pennagaram had a population of 234,406 with 123,101 males and 111,305 females. There were 904 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 57.62. Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,967 Males and 12,370 Females.


References

Taluks of Dharmapuri district {{Dharmapuri-geo-stub