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Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. On 20 October 1986, an M. G. Ramachandran-led government bifurcated the Tirunelveli district to form the district. It is shared by its boundaries with the Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, and Virudhunagar districts and by the Gulf of Mannar in the Bay of Bengal. The district is like a mini India in shape. It is broad in the north and tapers towards the south. Thoothukudi is the headquarters and largest city of the district.
On 20 October 1986, a new district carved out of the erstwhile Tirunelveli district was born in Tamil Nadu and named after V. O. Chidambaranar, a great national leader hailing from Ottapidaram who led the Swadeshi Movement in the south. Since 1997, as in the case of other districts of Tamil Nadu, this district has also been named after its headquarters city, Thoothukkudi.
The origin of the name Thoothukkudi is that, being a coastal town, the people used to tap drinking water by digging small ponds (oothu in Tamil), and Oothukudi, meaning dig pond and drink, became corrupted into Thoothukkudi. Ptolemy refers to this as SosiKorai. Certain scholars postulate that Sosikorai became corrupted into Thoothukkudi. Tuticorin is the anglicised corruption of Thoothukkudi. From 1760 to 1998, the name of the town found in official records was Tuticorin. In 1998, the government of Tamil Nadu directed to call it Thoothukkudi both in Tamil and English.
Thoothukkudi district is situated in the south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded by the districts of Tenkasi on the northwest, Tirunelveli on the southwest, Ramanathapuram on the northeast, Virudhunagar on the north, and the Gulf of Mannar in the Bay of Bengal on the east. The total area of the district is 4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi).
The Thamirabarani River, which rises in Agasthyamalai of the Western Ghats, flows through Srivaikuntam and Tiruchendur taluks and joins the sea at Punnaikayal. Pambayaru and Manimutharu are the chief tributaries of Thamirabarani, which pass through the district. Thamirabarani and Manimutharu are the catchment areas of river basins, which have their place of origin in the Pothigai. The former has a length of 120 km, and the latter has a length of 98 km. Papanasam Dam, Manimuthar Dam, and Eppodumvendran Dam are the major dams built in the district.
According to a 2011 census, the Thoothukudi district had a population of 1,750,176, with a sex-ratio of 1,023 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 183,763 were under the age of six, constituting 93,605 males and 90,158 females.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 19.88% and 0.28% of the population, respectively, mostly in Ottapidaram. The average literacy of the district was 77.12%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. 50.10% of the population lived in urban areas. The district had a total of 462,010 households. There were a total of 748,095 workers, comprising 44,633 cultivators, 161,418 main agricultural labourers, 17,872 in house hold industries, 433,524 other workers, 90,648 marginal workers, 3,882 marginal cultivators, 39,226 marginal agricultural labourers, 4,991 marginal workers in household industries and 42,549 other marginal workers.
At the time of the 2011 census, 98.97% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.54% Telugu as their first language.
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Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. On 20 October 1986, an M. G. Ramachandran-led government bifurcated the Tirunelveli district to form the district. It is shared by its boundaries with the Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, and Virudhunagar districts and by the Gulf of Mannar in the Bay of Bengal. The district is like a mini India in shape. It is broad in the north and tapers towards the south. Thoothukudi is the headquarters and largest city of the district.
On 20 October 1986, a new district carved out of the erstwhile Tirunelveli district was born in Tamil Nadu and named after V. O. Chidambaranar, a great national leader hailing from Ottapidaram who led the Swadeshi Movement in the south. Since 1997, as in the case of other districts of Tamil Nadu, this district has also been named after its headquarters city, Thoothukkudi.
The origin of the name Thoothukkudi is that, being a coastal town, the people used to tap drinking water by digging small ponds (oothu in Tamil), and Oothukudi, meaning dig pond and drink, became corrupted into Thoothukkudi. Ptolemy refers to this as SosiKorai. Certain scholars postulate that Sosikorai became corrupted into Thoothukkudi. Tuticorin is the anglicised corruption of Thoothukkudi. From 1760 to 1998, the name of the town found in official records was Tuticorin. In 1998, the government of Tamil Nadu directed to call it Thoothukkudi both in Tamil and English.
Thoothukkudi district is situated in the south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded by the districts of Tenkasi on the northwest, Tirunelveli on the southwest, Ramanathapuram on the northeast, Virudhunagar on the north, and the Gulf of Mannar in the Bay of Bengal on the east. The total area of the district is 4,707 km2 (1,817 sq mi).
The Thamirabarani River, which rises in Agasthyamalai of the Western Ghats, flows through Srivaikuntam and Tiruchendur taluks and joins the sea at Punnaikayal. Pambayaru and Manimutharu are the chief tributaries of Thamirabarani, which pass through the district. Thamirabarani and Manimutharu are the catchment areas of river basins, which have their place of origin in the Pothigai. The former has a length of 120 km, and the latter has a length of 98 km. Papanasam Dam, Manimuthar Dam, and Eppodumvendran Dam are the major dams built in the district.
According to a 2011 census, the Thoothukudi district had a population of 1,750,176, with a sex-ratio of 1,023 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 183,763 were under the age of six, constituting 93,605 males and 90,158 females.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 19.88% and 0.28% of the population, respectively, mostly in Ottapidaram. The average literacy of the district was 77.12%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. 50.10% of the population lived in urban areas. The district had a total of 462,010 households. There were a total of 748,095 workers, comprising 44,633 cultivators, 161,418 main agricultural labourers, 17,872 in house hold industries, 433,524 other workers, 90,648 marginal workers, 3,882 marginal cultivators, 39,226 marginal agricultural labourers, 4,991 marginal workers in household industries and 42,549 other marginal workers.
At the time of the 2011 census, 98.97% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.54% Telugu as their first language.
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