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Encyclopedia > Nagapattinam District

Nagapattinam District is a coastal district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The town of Nagapattinam is the district headquarters. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Nagapattinam (formerly known as Negapatam and also as Shiva Rajadhani) is a small city with a population of about 100,000, located in coastal Tamil Nadu, India. ...

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Demography

It had a population of 1,488,839 as of 2001. It is 22.18% urbanised as per Census 2001. [1]


The district has a literacy of 76.89%, around the average in the state.


Administration

Nagapattinam District is of relatively recent origin; formerly it was part of Thanjavur District. Its population at the 2001 Census was nearly 1.5 million. It is divided into seven taluks. All but two of them are coastal, and all are named after their main towns, which are their administrative centres. From north to south, they are Sirkazi, Tharangambadi, Mayiladuthurai (non-coastal), Nagapattinam, Kilvelur, Thirukkuvali (non-coastal), and Vedaraniyam. It is bordered on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the south by the Palk Strait. On the coast between Tharamgambadi and Nagapattinam lies the small district of Karaikal, an enclave belonging administratively to the Pondicherry Union Territory. Thanjavur district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ... Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Palk Strait is a 40-85 mi (64-137 km) wide strait that lies between Indias Tamil Nadu state and the island nation of Sri Lanka. ... Karaikal, also Karikal, is one of the four regions of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. ... Map of Pondicherry Region, Union Territory of Pondicherry, India Pondicherry (Tamil:புதுவை,Hindi: पॉण्डिचेरी) is a Union Territory of India. ... A Union Territory is an administrative division of India. ...


Location

The District of Nagapattinam lies on the shores of the Bay of Bengal between Northern Latitude 10.7906 degrees and 79.8428 Degrees Eastern Longitude an area of 2715.velankanni is tourism place of Tamil nadu 83 Square kilometers in its fold. The District capital, Nagapattinam lies on the eastern coast , 350 kilometers down south of the State capital Chennai and 145 kilometers east of Tiruchirappalli. , “Madras” redirects here. ... Tiruchirapalli (also spelled Tiruchchirappalli, commonly known as Tiruchi or Trichy, formerly known as Trichinopoly under British rule) is a city situated on the banks of the Kaveri river, centrally located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...


Top Govt Officials

  1. Deputy Inspector General of Police.. Mr Abhash Kumar IPS
  2. District Collector.. Mr T S Jawahar IAS

Cinema

No. Screen Location Now Showing
1 Ganesh A/C Nagappattinam Aalwar

Aalwar (2007) (Tamil: ஆழ்வார்) is a Tamil film directed by Chella. ...

External links

  • Nagapattinam District
  • AllLocale.com Website for every neighbourhood in Tamil Nadu and Nagapattinam



State of Tamil Nadu
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Capital Chennai
Districts ChennaiCoimbatoreCuddaloreDharmapuriDindigulErodeKanchipuramKanyakumariKarurKrishnagiriMaduraiNagapattinamNamakkalPerambalurPudukkottaiRamanathapuramSalemSivagangaThanjavurThe NilgirisTheniThoothukudiTiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • TiruvallurTiruvannamalaiTiruvarurVelloreViluppuramVirudhunagar
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About Nagapattinam (475 words)
The Nagapattinam district lies on the east coast to the south of Cuddalore district and another part of the Nagapattinam district lies to the south of Karaikkal and Tiruvarur districts.
Thanjavur district and Tiruvarur district flank it on the west and on the south and east it is bordered by the Bay of Bengal.
Temperature: The average maximum temperature for the district (from 1991 to 1996)as a whole is about 32.460 C and the average minimum temperature is 24.750C.
Nagapattinam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (377 words)
Nagapattinam is a city, taluk, and District on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India.
Nagapattinam was referred by early writers and the Portuguese as "the city of Coromandel" (Imperial Gazetteer of India, XIX, 3).
Nagapattinam was one of the regions severely affected by the tsunami which followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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