| Voice of Erode
: Shakit Vel
Erode District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 8209.0 Km2
Population in Erode (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2259608
Male : 1134191
Female : 1125417
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 66695
In seeing : 42924
In speech : 4435
In hearing : 2643
In movement : 12063
Mental : 4630
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 352
Sex Ratio Rank : 425
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 70 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 280 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Erode District
Erode District lies on the extreme north of Tamil
Nadu. It is bounded mostly by Karnataka
State and also River Palar covers pretty long distance. To the East lies Namakkal and Karur
Districts. Dindigal
District is its immediate neighbour to the South and on the West,
it has Coimbatore and Nilgiri Districts, as its boundaries. Thus Erode District is essentially
a land-locked area having no sea-cost of its own. Erode District situated at
between 10 36” and 11 58” North
Latitude and
between 76 49” and 77 58” East Longitude.
The region comprised in
the district can be portrayed as a long undulating plain gently
sloping towards the river Cauvery in the south-east.
The three major tributaries of river Cauvery viz. Bhavani,
Noyyal and Amaravathy drain the long stretch of mountains in the
north. A part of the eastern boundary of
the district is formed by river Cauvery, entering the district from
Salem and flowing in a southernly direction.
Brief
History of the District and its formation:
Erode District was a part of Coimbatore has its
history intervened with that of Coimbatore and because of its close
linkage with the erstwhile Coimbatore district.
It is very difficult to separately deal with the history
of Erode region. Together
with the area comprised in the Coimbatore district, it formed part
of the ancient Kongu country known as "Kongu Nadu" history of which
dates back to the Sangam era.
It is found that in the early days, this area was occupied
by tribes, most prominent among them being the "Kosars" reportedly
having their headquarters at 'Kosamputhur' which is believed to
have in due course become Coimbatore.
These tribes were overpowered by the Rashtrakutas from whom
the region fell into the hands of the Cholas who ruled supreme during
the time of Raja Chola. On the decline of Cholas, the Kongunadu
came to be occupied by the Chalukyas and later by the Pandyas and
Hoysalas. Due to internal
dissension in the Pandian Kingdom, the Muslim rulers from Delhi
interfered and thus the area fell into the hands of Madurai Sultanate.
This region was later wrested by
Vijaya Nagar rulers after over throwing the Madurai Sultanate. For a few years, the area remained
under Vijaya Nagar rule and later under the independent control
of Madurai Nayakas. The
rule of Muthu Veerappa Nayak and later that of Tirumalai Nayak were
marked by internal strife and intermittent wars which ruined the
Kingdom. As a result of this, the Kongu region
in which the present Erode District is situated, fell into the hands
of the Mysore rulers from whom Hyder Ali took over the area. Later, consequent of the fall of
Tippu Sultlan of Mysore in 1799, the Kongu region came to be coded to the East India Company by the
Maharaja of Mysore who was restored to power by the company after
defeating Tippu Sulltan. From
then, till 1947 when India attained independence, the area remained
under British control who initiated systematic revenue administration
in the area.
Location
| North Latitude
Between 10 - 36' to
11 - 58'
East Longitude
Between 76 - 49' to
77 - 58' |
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