Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam District is a coastal district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The town of Nagapattinam is the district headquarters.
Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Nagapattinam one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[2] It is one of the six districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Nagapattinam district has a population of 1,614,069,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Mau Guinea-Bissau ritania[4] or the US state of Idaho.[5] This gives it a ranking of 310th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 668 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,730 /sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.41 %.[3] Nagapattinam has a sex ratio of 1025 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 84.09 %.[3]
Important places
- Velankanni - A famous our lady of health church of Roman Catholic
- Nagore - Nagore Dargah, five centuries old Islamic Shrine
- Mayiladudurai - Trading capital of nagapattinam
- Poombuhar - also known as kavari puhum patinum old capital of chola kingdom'
- Kodiyakarai - Point calimere - A famous bird sanctuary
- Tharangambadi - Previously "Tranquebar" - An important trade port of danish
- Thirukadaiyur - A famous temple of Abirami Amman
Administration
Nagapattinam District (Tamil: நாகப்பட்டினம் மாவட்டம்) was formerly a part of Thanjavur District. The district boundary is shared by Tiruvarur, Karaikal, Tanjore and Cuddalore districts. 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 Sirkazhi, Tharangambadi, Mayiladuthurai (non-coastal), Nagapattinam, Kilvelur, Thirukkuvalai (non-coastal), and Vedaranyam. 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.
This is the only district in Tamil Nadu to be formed out of two disjoint regions. The district headquarters Nagapattinam is located in the southern part which is less populated than the northern one. But people from the most populous northern part have to come down all the way to headquarters either by entering other district (Thiruvarur) or other Union territory (Karaikal of Pondicherry) for any official purposes. Though this causes a lot of problems to the locals government is seeming unconcerned about it.
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 of Tiruchirappalli.
Notable persons from Nagapattinam district
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