{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Pudukkottai}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pudukkottai district | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = District | image_seal = | image_skyline = {{multiple image |border=infobox |image_style=border:1; |total_width=250 |perrow=1/2 |image1 =Narthamalai vijayalaya choleeswaram 7.jpg |image2 = Pudukkottai Collector Office.jpg |image3 = Pudukkottai City Corporation Office.jpg |image4 = District Court , Pudukkottai.jpg |image5 = Pudukkottai Muttai Mass.jpg |image6 = }} | image_alt = | image_caption = 1, Vijayalaya Choleeswaram Template 2, District Collector Office, Pudukkottai 3, City Municipal Corporation Office, Pudukkottai 4, District Court, Pudukkottai 5, Pudukkottai Famous Food "Muttai Mass". | image_map = Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu (India).svg | image_map1 = {{maplink |frame=yes |frame-width=275 |frame-height=275 |frame-align=center |text= '''Pudukkottai district''' |type=shape |id=Q15190 |stroke-colour=#C60C30 |stroke-width=2 |title= Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu |type2=line|id2=Q1445|stroke-width2=1|stroke-colour2=#0000ff|title2=Tamil Nadu }} | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu | coordinates = {{coord|10.38|N|78.82|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = 22px Tamil Nadu | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Pudukkottai | subdivision_type3 = Metro | subdivision_name3 = <!-- for neighbourhoods/suburbs only --> | subdivision_type4 = City Corporations | subdivision_name4 = Pudukkottai | established_title = Pudukkottai | established_date = 14 January 1974 | founder = | named_for = | parts_type = Talukas | parts = Pudukkottai, Aranthangi, Alangudi, Karambakudi, Thirumayam, Ponnamaravathi, Gandarvakottai, Avudaiyarkoil, Manamelkudi, Kulathur, Iluppur, Viralimalai. | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = Pudukkottai | leader_title1 = District Collector & District Magistrate | leader_name1 = Mrs. M.Aruna, IAS | leader_title2 = Superintendent of Police | leader_name2 = Vanditha Pandey, IPS | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 4663 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 1,618,345 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Tamil, | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 621xxx, 622xxx, 614xxx, 613xxx | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 04322 | iso_code = <!-- ISO 3166-2 --> | registration_plate = TN-55 | blank1_name_sec1 = Coastline | blank1_info_sec1 = {{Convert|42|km|mi}} | blank2_name_sec1 = Largest city | blank2_info_sec1 = Pudukkottai | blank3_name_sec1 = Sex ratio | blank3_info_sec1 = M-50%/F-50% ♂/♀ | blank4_name_sec1 = Literacy | blank4_info_sec1 = 80% | blank5_name_sec1 = Legislature type | blank5_info_sec1 = elected | blank6_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank6_info_sec1 = 4 (Partly) | blank7_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank7_info_sec1 = 6 | blank1_name_sec2 = Precipitation | blank1_info_sec2 = {{convert|827|mm|in}} | blank2_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature | blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|40.9|°C|°F}} | blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature | blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|17.8|°C|°F}} | website = {{URL|http://pudukkottai.nic.in/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Pudukkottai district''' is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Pudukkottai is the district headquarters. It is also known colloquially as ''Pudhugai.'' The city is also known as Thondaiman Pudukkottai.
Pudukkottai district is bounded on the northeast and east by Thanjavur District, on the southeast by the Palk Strait, on the southwest by Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts, and on the west and northwest by Tiruchirapalli District. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,618,345 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males.
The district has an area of 4,663 km<sup>2</sup> with a coastline of 42 km. The district lies between 78° 25' and 79° 15' east longitude and between 9° 50' and 10° 40' of the north latitude.
==Organisation== On 14 January 1975, Pudukkottai was organised as a separate district comprising the former Pudukkottai Division of Tiruchirappalli district with some additions from Thanjavur district. At present, this district is composed of three revenue divisions, namely, Pudukkottai, Aranthangi and Illupur and eleven taluks, namely, Kulathur, Illuppur, Alangudi, Pudukkottai, Gandarvakottai, Thirumayam, Aranthangi, Ponnamaravathi, Karambakudi, Avudaiyarkoil and Manamelkudi. There are 762 revenue villages.
==Demographics== {{historical populations|11=1901|12=5,47,620|13=1911|14=5,83,413|15=1921|16=6,07,933|17=1931|18=5,73,642|19=1941|20=6,22,706|21=1951|22=7,04,102|23=1961|24=7,50,461|25=1971|26=9,47,351|27=1981|28=11,56,813|29=1991|30=13,27,148|31=2001|32=14,59,601|33=2011|34=16,18,345|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=none|cols=2}}
{{bar box |title=Religions in Pudukkottai district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Tamil Nadu |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11392/download/14505/DDW33C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|88.29}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|7.06}} {{bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|4.50}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.15}} }}
According to 2011 census, Pudukkottai district had a population of 1,618,345 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 19.55% of the population lived in urban areas.<ref name="dashboard">{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> A total of 179,688 were under the age of six, constituting 91,696 males and 87,992 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 17.60% and 0.08% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 68.62%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<ref name="dashboard"/> The district had a total of 387,679 households. There were a total of 761,693 workers, comprising 192,462 cultivators, 234,344 main agricultural labourers, 10,170 in house hold industries, 203,272 other workers, 121,445 marginal workers, 16,808 marginal cultivators, 70,805 marginal agricultural labourers, 3,771 marginal workers in household industries and 30,061 other marginal workers.<ref name=2011census>{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Pudukkottai district|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=692376|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> Tamil is the predominant language, spoken by 99.23% of the population.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Tamil Nadu |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10222/download/13334/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3300.XLSX |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref>
==Politics== {{transcluded section|source=17th Tamil Nadu Assembly}} {{#section:17th Tamil Nadu Assembly|MLA Header}} {{#section:17th Tamil Nadu Assembly|Pudukkottai district}} |}
==See also== *List of districts of Tamil Nadu
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Pudukkottai district}} *[http://pudukkottai.nic.in Pudukkottai District] *[http://www.tamilnadutourism.org/places/citiestowns/Pudukkottai.aspx?catid=010110P01] Tourism
{{Geographic location |Centre = Pudukkottai district |North = Tiruchirappalli district |Northeast = Thanjavur District |East = |Southeast = ''Palk Strait'' |South = |Southwest = Ramanathapuram district |West = Sivaganga district |Northwest = }}
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