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Karimangalam is a town and taluk headquarters in Dharmapuri district in the Kongunadu region of Tamil Nadu. It is located at 20 km from Dharmapuri and 70 km from Salem.

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Place details

Locality
Kottakulam
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Karimangalam
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Tamil Nadu#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kongu Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Dharmapuri
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
11
Settlement.elevation_m
615
Settlement.population_total
13511
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Continent
Asia
Area
3.2
Elevation
257
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Dialing code
4348312
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postal code
606709
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demographics
  • References

Karimangalam is a town and taluk headquarters in Dharmapuri district in the Kongunadu region of Tamil Nadu. It is located at 20 km from Dharmapuri and 70 km from Salem.

==Demographics== Indian census figures, Karimangalam had a population of 13,511. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Karimangalam has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 49%. In Karimangalam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karimangalam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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