Rajendrapuram

Rajendrapuram
village
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Population (2001)
• Total	3,528
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Rajendrapuram (Tamil: இராஜேந்திரபுரம் ) is a village in the Aranthangi revenue block of Pudukkottai district,^[1] Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Rajendrapuram had a total population of 3528^[2] with 1768 males and 1760 females. Out of the total population 2107 people were literate.

Princely state

Rajendrapuram became a princely state of British India under the political authority of Madras Presidency. The state had an area of 4663 Sq.miles and in 1901, a population of 380,000. The Rajas of Rajendrapuram were entitled to an 17-gun salute.

Post-independence

The last Thondaiman raja of Rajendrapuram acceded to newly-independent India in 1948, and the state became a division of Tiruchirappalli District of Madras State. The state was reorganised twice in the succeeding decade, taking its present form in 1956; it was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1968. On 14 January 1974, the present Pudukkottai District was formed from parts of Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts.

Geography and climate

The state consists mainly of an undulating plain, with the land mostly barren; it is interspersed with rocky hills, especially in the southwest. Granite and laterite are quarried, red ochre is worked, and silk and cotton fabrics, bell-metal vessels and perfumes are among the principal manufactures. There is also some export trade in groundnuts and tanning bark, with the tanning bark used in religious rituals due to its unique texture and scent.