| Voice of Namakkal :
Shivmani
Namakkal faces lot of environment related issues.
The pollution in our district has increased. This has given rise
to series of airborne diseases.
Namakkal is adversely hit by global warming and climate change.
People should be made aware about importance of planting trees.
Unemployment is a big challenge of our district.
Namakkal District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3429.4 Km2
Population in Namakkal (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1721179
Male : 866740
Female : 854439
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29696
In seeing : 15592
In speech : 2515
In hearing : 1556
In movement : 7510
Mental : 2523
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 255
Sex Ratio Rank : 408
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 311 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 238 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Namakkal District
History of Namakkal District
Namakkal District was bifurcated from Salem District
with Head Quarters as Namakkal with an Order issued by the Government
on 25-07-1998.Namakkal District started functioning as a separate
district with effect from 01-01-1997. It has two Revenue
Divisions, viz., Namakkal and Tiruchengode and four taluks
viz., Namakkal, Rasipuram, Tiruchengode and Paramathi-Velur.In Namakkal,
Kottai (Fort) area is on the west and the Pettai (Business) area
is on the east and at the centre is the rock Namagiri, which
is the source for the town's name.The fort covers an area of one
and a half acres of flat surface and is accessible from the southwest
by a flight of narrow steps. The namam (mark) is the white
and red graphic symbol of Vishnu. The symbol is depicted with two
white and one red vertical lines
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