Paramakudi
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Paramakudi or Paramakkudi is the largest town in the district of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, with a population of over 133,000 as of 2024. It has been the taluk headquarters since the formation of Ramanathapuram District in 1918.
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Place details
- Locality
- Paramakkudi
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 95,579
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Paramakudi
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Ta
- Settlement.other_name
- Parambai
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Paramakudi in Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ramanathapuram
- Settlement.established_date
- Since 1918
- Settlement.named_for
- Face of Vaigai River
- Settlement.government_type
- First Grade Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Paramakudi Municipality
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.45
- Settlement.area_rank
- 2nd in Ramanathapuram District/
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 68
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ramanathapuram district
- Area
- 13
- Elevation
- 34
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 4564
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- postal code
- 623707
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demographics
- Notable people
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- External links
Paramakudi or Paramakkudi is the largest town in the district of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, with a population of over 133,000 as of 2024. It has been the taluk headquarters since the formation of Ramanathapuram District in 1918.
Paramakudi consists of two separate settlements: Paramakudi and Emaneswaram. These settlements were classified as different towns in the census records from 1901 to 1961 before merging into the municipal present city in 1964.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paramakudi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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