Erode district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Tamil Nadu
- Region
- Kongu Nadu
- Headquarters
- Erode
- Taluks
- Anthiyur , Bhavani , Erode , Gobichettipalayam , Kodumudi , Modakurichi , Nambiyur , Perundurai , Sathyamangalam , Thalavadi
- District collector
- S. Kandasamy, IAS
- Superintendent of police
- A Sujatha, IPS
- Total
- 6,036 km (2,331 sq mi)
- Density
- 394/km (1,020/sq mi)
- Official
- Tamil
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 638***
- Iso 3166 code
- ISO 3166-2:IN
- Vehicle registration
- TN 33 ( Erode East ) , TN 36 ( Gobichettipalayam ) , TN 56 ( Perundurai ) , TN 86 ( Erode West )
- Largest city
- Erode
- Sex ratio
- 993/1000 ♀ / ♂
- Literacy
- 72.96%
- Website
- erode .nic .in
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Encyclopedic overview
Erode district is one of the 38 districts in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tirupur district in 2009 and is the third largest by area, as of 2024. The headquarters of the district is Erode. The district is divided into two revenue divisions, Erode and Gobichettipalayam, and is further subdivided into 10 taluks.
The district is landlocked and lies towards the middle of the Indian peninsula and is bordered by the state of Karnataka to the north. The Eastern Ghats pass through the north-western part of the district, and the Western Ghats straddles the western edge. The district is watered by the Kaveri River which meets its major tributary Bhavani in the district. It covers an area of 6,036 km (2,331 sq mi), and had a population of 2,251,744 as per the 2011 census. The major spoken language is Kongu Tamil, a dialect of Tamil. Hinduism is the major religion with nearly 94% adherents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erode district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.