Virudhunagar district: Difference between revisions

| name                           = Virudhunagar district

| other_name                     =  

| nickname                       = Virudhai

| settlement_type                 = [[List of districts of Tamil Nadu|District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]

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| subdivision_type2               = Metro

| subdivision_name2               = <!-- for neighbourhoods/suburbs only -->

| subdivision_type3               = Taluks

| subdivision_name3               = 10

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| parts                           = [[Aruppukkottai]], [[Kariapatti]], [[Rajapalayam]], [[Sattur]], [[Sivakasi]], [[Srivilliputhur]], [[Tiruchuli]], [[Vembakottai]], [[Virudhunagar]], [[Watrap]] .

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| seat                           = [[Virudhunagar]]

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| leader_title1                   = Collector

| leader_name1                   = J Meghanatha Reddy [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]

| leader_title2                   = Superintendent of Police

| leader_name2                   = P. Aravindan [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]

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| area_total_km2                 = 4288

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| population_total               = 1,942,288

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| postal_code                     = 626xxx

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| area_code                       = 04562

| iso_code                       = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|<!-- ISO 3166-2 -->]]

| registration_plate             = '''TN-67,TN-84,TN-95'''<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/a2.pdf www.tn.gov.in]</ref>

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[[File:River Basins in Virudhunagar District.png|thumb|River Basins in Virudhunagar district. Dark Green shaded region shows the drainage basins.]]

 

[[File:Relief Features in Virudhunagar District.png|thumb|Relief Map of Virudhunagar district. You can see [[Western Ghats]] at left hand side as brightly shaded region. ]]

The district comprises ten [[taluk]]s: [[Aruppukkottai]], [[Kariapatti]], [[Rajapalayam]], [[Sattur]], [[Sivakasi]], [[Srivilliputhur]], [[Tiruchuli]], [[Vembakottai]], [[Virudhunagar]] and [[Watrap]].<ref name="NPR-2011-Virudhunagar">{{Cite web|title=NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Virudhunagar|year=2011|publisher=National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=33&distcd=24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716152450/http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=33&distcd=24|archive-date=16 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Totally there are 600 revenue villages in this district.

This district has nine Town Panchayats – [[Seithur]], [[Vathirairuppu]], [[Chettiarpatti]], [[Kariapatti]], [[Mamsapuram]], [[Sundarapandiam]], [[Mallankinaru]], [[S.Kodikulam]] and [[W.Pudupatti]]

*[https://virudhunagar.nic.in/ Virudhunagar District Official Website]