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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to the 2011 census, the taluk had a population of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;550283 &lt;/del&gt;with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;271936 &lt;/del&gt;males and 278,347 females. There were 1024 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 85.63. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,950 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Males &lt;/del&gt;and 24,164 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Females&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011 |url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |publisher=Census Tamil Nadu |accessdate=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617095215/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |archivedate=17 June 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to the 2011 census, the taluk had a population of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;550,283 &lt;/ins&gt;with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;271,936 &lt;/ins&gt;males and 278,347 females. There were 1024 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 85.63&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;%&lt;/ins&gt;. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,950 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;males &lt;/ins&gt;and 24,164 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;females&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011 |url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |publisher=Census Tamil Nadu |accessdate=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617095215/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |archivedate=17 June 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Agasteeswaram taluk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a [[taluk]] located in [[Kanyakumari district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of [[Nagercoil]]. The taluk was among several in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] that with the passage of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|States Reorganisation Act of 1956]] were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district, [[Travancore-Cochin State]] to the newly created [[Kanyakumari]] district of [[Madras State]] (the latter later renamed as [[Tamil Nadu]] State).&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Boundary ===&lt;br /&gt;
The taluk was part of the [[Princely state]] [[Travancore Kingdom]]; the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State. Part of The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 aligned state boundaries on linguistic affiliations. Thovalai, [[Kalkulam taluk|Kalkulam]], [[Vilavancode taluk|Vilavancode]], and Agastheeswaram taluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram District of the Travancore-Cochin State to Kanyakumari district, Madras State. Madras was later renamed as Tamil Nadu).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Demographics==&lt;br /&gt;
According to the 2011 census, the taluk had a population of 550283 with 271936 males and 278,347 females. There were 1024 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 85.63. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,950 Males and 24,164 Females.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011 |url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |publisher=Census Tamil Nadu |accessdate=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617095215/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |archivedate=17 June 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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