Sivagangai District
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Sivagangai District is an administrative district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Sivaganga is the district headquarters.
The district occupies an area of 4086 km² and has a population of 1,155,356 (as of 2001). It is 28.22% urbanised. [1]
The district has a literacy of 72.66%, below the average for the state.
It is bounded on the north and northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the southeast and south by Ramanathapuram District, on the southwest by Virudhunagar District, and on the west by Madurai District, and on the northwest by Tiruchirappalli District.
Karaikudi is another important city in the district. Karaikudi known as the capital of Chettinad, which includes Karaikudi and the surrounding 74 villages. Chettinad is named for the prominent "Nattukottai Chettiars" or Nagarathar. The Chettiars were a prosperous banking community who ventured overseas to do business in South and Southeast Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Karaikudi is also home of two famous Institutions, Alagappa University and CECRI (Central Electrochemical Research Institute). Sivaganga
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