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class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Villages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Namakkal (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Namakkal (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="नमक्कल जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="नमक्कल जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(distrito_sa_Indiya)" title="Namakkal (distrito sa Indiya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Namakkal (distrito sa Indiya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(Distrikt)" title="Namakkal (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Namakkal (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Namakkal" title="Distrito de Namakkal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Namakkal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_barrutia" title="Namakkal barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Namakkal barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D9%86%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%84" title="بخش نمکل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش نمکل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Namakkal" title="District de Namakkal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Namakkal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="नामक्कल जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नामक्कल जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Namakkal" title="Distretto di Namakkal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Namakkal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="നാമക്കൽ ജില്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നാമക്കൽ ജില്ല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="नामक्कल जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नामक्कल जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84" title="نامكل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نامكل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(district)" title="Namakkal (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Namakkal (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="नमक्कल जिल्ला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="नमक्कल जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="नामक्‍कल जिल्ला – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="नामक्‍कल जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E7%9C%8C" title="ナーマッカル県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ナーマッカル県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(distrikt)" title="Namakkal (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Namakkal (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Namakkal" title="Districte de Namakkal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Districte de Namakkal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84" title="ضلع ناماکل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع ناماکل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_(dystrykt)" title="Namakkal (dystrykt) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Namakkal (dystrykt)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Намаккал (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Намаккал (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="नामक्कलमण्डलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="नामक्कलमण्डलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9E_%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B" title="ᱱᱟᱢᱚᱠᱠᱚᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱱᱟᱢᱚᱠᱠᱚᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkal_district" title="Namakkal district – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Namakkal district" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namakkalin_piirikunta" title="Namakkalin piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Namakkalin piirikunta" 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Hills">Kolli Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Namakkal" title="Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal">Sri Namagiri Thayar Sametha Sri Narasimhaswamy Temple</a> from <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a>, Sri Kandaswamy Temple in <a href="/wiki/Mallasamudram" title="Mallasamudram">Mallasamudram</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Namakkal_in_Tamil_Nadu_(India).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Tamil Nadu"><img alt="Location in Tamil Nadu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Namakkal_in_Tamil_Nadu_%28India%29.svg/250px-Namakkal_in_Tamil_Nadu_%28India%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Namakkal_in_Tamil_Nadu_%28India%29.svg/375px-Namakkal_in_Tamil_Nadu_%28India%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°13′8.4″N</span> <span class="longitude">78°10′1.2″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.219000°N 78.167000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.219000; 78.167000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kongu_Nadu" title="Kongu Nadu">Kongu Nadu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Taluka" class="mw-redirect" title="Taluka">Taluks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Namakkal_taluk" title="Namakkal taluk">Namakkal</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paramathi_Velur_taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paramathi Velur taluk (page does not exist)">Paramathi Velur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasipuram_taluk" title="Rasipuram taluk">Rasipuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiruchengode_taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruchengode taluk">Thiruchengode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohanur" title="Mohanur">Mohanur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolli_Hills" title="Kolli Hills">Kolli Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sendamangalam_taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sendamangalam taluk">Senthamangalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumarapalayam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumarapalayam">Kumarapalayam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/District_Collector" class="mw-redirect" title="District Collector">District Collector</a></th><td class="infobox-data">S. Uma, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of Police">Superintendent of Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data">S. Rajesh Kannan, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">IPS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,368.21 km<sup>2</sup> (1,300.47 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,726,601</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">510/km<sup>2</sup> (1,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">637xxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">04286</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">ISO 3166-2:IN</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">TN-28, TN-88, TN-34<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nearest districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Salem, Tamil Nadu">Salem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trichy" class="mw-redirect" title="Trichy">Trichy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Central location:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Namakkal_district&params=11_13_N_78_10_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°13′N</span> <span class="longitude">78°10′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.217°N 78.167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.217; 78.167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://namakkal.nic.in/">namakkal<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Namakkal District</b> is one of the 38 districts (an <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Tamil Nadu">administrative district</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The district was bifurcated from <a href="/wiki/Salem_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem District">Salem District</a> with <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a> city as headquarters on 25 July 1996 and started to function independently from 1 January 1997. The district has eight taluks (subdivisions): <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode" title="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasipuram" title="Rasipuram">Rasipuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Velur,_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Velur, Tamil Nadu">Paramathi Velur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sendamangalam_taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sendamangalam taluk">Senthamangalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumarapalayam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumarapalayam">Kumarapalayam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolli_Hills_block" title="Kolli Hills block">Kolli Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mohanur" title="Mohanur">Mohanur</a>. It has two revenue divisions: <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode" title="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a>. As of <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 census</a>, Namakkal district had a population of 1,726,601 with a sex-ratio of 986 females for every 1,000 males and <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode" title="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</a> is the largest city in terms of population. Namakkal district is geographically affiliated to <a href="/wiki/Kongu_Nadu" title="Kongu Nadu">Kongu Nadu</a> region. The district is famous for its large poultry industry, egg production and lorry bodybuilding industry, for which it is often referred to as "Egg City" and "Transport Hub of South India". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Valvil_Ori" title="Valvil Ori">Valvil Ori</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Vettuva_Gounder" title="Vettuva Gounder">Vettuva Gounder</a> king.He was one of the last seven patrons and king of the kolli hills in <a href="/wiki/Sangam_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam period">Sangam period</a> who ruled Kollimalai and surrounding areas in 200 CE.. <a href="/wiki/Satyaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyaputra">Adiyaman Kings</a> have ruled this area until 8th to 9th century CE as few inscriptions mentions <a href="/wiki/Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Namakkal" title="Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal">Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal</a> it as <b>Adiyendra Vishnu Grham</b> which evidently shows that the cave was excavated by the <a href="/wiki/Satyaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyaputra">Satyaputra</a> Kings, Another inscription in the temple not only confirms this but also mentions the king's name as <i>Gunasila</i> (Dated 500 CE). Historians believe it is possible that both the temples <a href="/wiki/Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Namakkal" title="Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal">Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal</a> and Ranganatha temple located in Namakkal were built during the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-jstor1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jstor1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ardhanareeswarar_Temple" title="Ardhanareeswarar Temple">Ardhanareeswarar Temple</a> is also dated around 7th century CE, but does not have any Adhiyaman Kings Inscription. After the capture by <a href="/wiki/Cholas" class="mw-redirect" title="Cholas">Cholas</a>, There were many wars between Cholas and <a href="/wiki/Pandyas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandyas">Pandyas</a>, Later the <a href="/wiki/Hoysala_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoysala Empire">Hoysalas</a> rose to power and had the control until the 14th century, followed by <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara Empire</a> until 1565 CE. Then, the Allala Ilaya Nayakar <a href="/wiki/Vettuva_Gounder" title="Vettuva Gounder">Vettuva Gounder</a> king came to power in 1623 CE under the Vijayanagara Kingdom. He build the Paramathi Fort with sand and stones on a 40- to 50-acre land.He also build jedarpalayam dam across the Cauvery river <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Two of the Poligans of <a href="/wiki/Tirumalai_Nayak" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirumalai Nayak">Tirumalai Nayak</a>, including Ramachandra Nayaka, ruled the Salem area. The Namakkal fort is reported to have been built by Ramchandra Nayaka after about 1635 CE.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Namakkal district covers an area of 3,368.21 km<sup>2</sup>. The district is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Salem_district" title="Salem district">Salem district</a> on the north; on the east by, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirapalli_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchirapalli District">Tiruchirapalli District</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Karur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Karur District">Karur District</a> on the south and on the west by <a href="/wiki/Erode_district" title="Erode district">Erode district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SouthIndia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SouthIndia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average annual rainfall is 716.54 mm. This district receives rainfall mainly from <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">North East Monsoon</a>. </p><p>Namakkal District comes under the North Western Agro climatic zone of Tamil Nadu.<a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode" title="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</a> taluk alone is placed under Western Agro-climatic zone.<sup id="cite_ref-NamakkalDist_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NamakkalDist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The forest cover has an area of 512.5 km<sup>2</sup>, which is 15.4% of the total area.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temperature ranges between maximum of 40 °C and minimum of 18 °C. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kollimalai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kollimalai.jpg/550px-Kollimalai.jpg" decoding="async" width="550" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kollimalai.jpg/825px-Kollimalai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kollimalai.jpg/1100px-Kollimalai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10032" data-file-height="3576" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic View of Kolli Hills</figcaption></figure> <p>Besides the above two zones, <a href="/wiki/Kolli_Hills" title="Kolli Hills">Kolli Hills</a> (a part of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Ghats" title="Eastern Ghats">Eastern Ghats</a> mountain range) and a few isolated hills and ridges are scattered over Namakkal, Rasipuram, and Tiruchengode and along with the valleys and rolling hills, make up the characteristic topography of the district. </p><p>The river <a href="/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri">Kaveri</a> flows south and southwest hugging the district's borders with Karur and Erode. The other rivers flowing through the district are Aiyaru, Karaigottan Aaru and Thirumanimutharu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irrigation">Irrigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Irrigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district is situated in the dividing portion of two watersheds between <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaveri River">Cauvery</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vellar_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellar river">Vellar</a> System with the Taluks of Attur, Rasipuram and Namakkal on the East and Salem, Omalur and Mettur on the West. Mettur East Bank canal irrigates Pallipalayam Block with an area of 4,585 <a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">Ha</a>. Rajavaikal canal irrigates an area of 4,215 Ha. Mohanur vaikal irrigates about 355 Ha. Kumarapalayam vaikal irrigates about 1,146 ha (2,830 acres) and Poiyeri vaikal irrigates about 323 ha (800 acres). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">470,628</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">487,144</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.35%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">525,770</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">591,864</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">705,110</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">848,507</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.87%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">866,530</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">996,429</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,172,736</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.64%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,322,715</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,493,462</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,726,601</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.46%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Namakkal district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Hinduism in Tamil Nadu">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:96.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">96.93%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Muslim" title="Tamil Muslim">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:1.88%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.88%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Christianity in Tamil Nadu">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:0.98%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.98%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.21%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.21%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to 2011 census, Namakkal district had a population of 1,726,601 with a sex-ratio of 986 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 40.32% of the population lived in urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 150,699 were under the age of six, constituting 78,754 males and 71,945 females. <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes</a> accounted for 20.00% and 3.30% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 68.12%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district had a total of 475,511 households. There were a total of 898,245 workers, comprising 152,497 cultivators, 228,614 main agricultural labourers, 35,156 in house hold industries, 422,885 other workers, 59,093 marginal workers, 5,976 marginal cultivators, 25,112 marginal agricultural labourers, 3,641 marginal workers in household industries and 24,364 other marginal workers.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:gray; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1915.7907716435px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 842.62771587289px; border-left-color:darkslateblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkslateblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkslateblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 394.61687359734px; border-left-color:steelblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:steelblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:steelblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 94.856659894786px; border-left-color:royalblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:royalblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:royalblue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of Namakkal district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-language_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-language-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:royalblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> (87.08%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:steelblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> (8.97%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkslateblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> (2.07%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (1.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gray; color:black;"> </span> Others (0.83%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At the time of the 2011 census, 87.08% of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, 8.97% <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, 2.07% <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> and 1.05% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-language_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-language-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/16th_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly" title="16th Tamil Nadu Assembly">16th Tamil Nadu Assembly</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Name </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Namakkal</a> </td> <td>92 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasipuram_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)">Rasipuram (SC)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Mathiventhan" title="M. Mathiventhan">M. Mathiventhan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD1100;" data-sort-value="Secular Progressive Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">SPA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senthamangalam_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senthamangalam (state assembly constituency)">Senthamangalam (ST)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ponnusamy" title="K. Ponnusamy">K. Ponnusamy (DMK politician)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD1100;" data-sort-value="Secular Progressive Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">SPA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namakkal_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namakkal (state assembly constituency)">Namakkal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Ramalingam" title="P. Ramalingam">P. Ramalingam</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD1100;" data-sort-value="Secular Progressive Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">SPA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramathi-Velur_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramathi-Velur (state assembly constituency)">Paramathi-Velur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Sekar" title="S. Sekar">S. Sekar</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#009933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">None</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>96 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchengode (state assembly constituency)">Tiruchengodu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._R._Eswaran" title="E. R. Eswaran">E. R. Eswaran</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kongunadu_Makkal_Desia_Katchi" title="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi">KMDK</a>) </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD1100;" data-sort-value="Secular Progressive Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">SPA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>97 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumarapalayam_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumarapalayam (state assembly constituency)">Kumarapalayam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Thangamani" title="P. Thangamani">P. Thangamani</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#009933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">None</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry_and_economy">Industry and economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Industry and economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main occupation for most of the people in the district is agriculture, with a gross cropped area of around 336,700 Ha, out of which about 60,939 Ha are irrigated and about 80,598 Ha are rainfed. The cultivation generally depends on <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> rains, wells, and tanks. Major soil in this district is red soil (77%). Nearly 90 percent of the cultivated area is under food crops. The principal cereal crops of this district are <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">paddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">cholam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pearl_millet" title="Pearl millet">cumbu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finger_millet" title="Finger millet">ragi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Proso_millet" title="Proso millet">Panivaragu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echinochloa" title="Echinochloa">Kuthiraivali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paspalum_scrobiculatum" title="Paspalum scrobiculatum">Samai Varagu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foxtail_millet" title="Foxtail millet">Thinai</a> are some of the <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millets</a> cultivated. Among <a href="/wiki/Pulses" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulses">pulses</a>, the major crops are <a href="/wiki/Redgram" class="mw-redirect" title="Redgram">redgram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackgram" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackgram">blackgram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greengram" class="mw-redirect" title="Greengram">greengram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horsegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Horsegram">horsegram</a>. Among oil, seeds, <a href="/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">groundnut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castor_oil_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor oil plant">castor</a>, and gingelly (<a href="/wiki/Sesame" title="Sesame">sesame</a>) occupy important places. Of the commercial crops, <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tapioca" title="Tapioca">tapioca</a> are some of the important. Using tapioca as raw material about 350 factory units are engaged in the production of Starch and Sago in Namakkal District. Around 800 jaggery manufacturing units were located around ParamathiVelur. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lorry_body-building">Lorry body-building</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lorry body-building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Namakkal district is noted for truck and lorry external body building industry which dates back to 1956. Nationwide Namakkal is known for body building for truck, trailer, tanker and rig unit. Throughout India, Tiruchengode is known for its body building industry for trucks, trailers, tankers, and rig units. Finished trucks and rig units are exported to foreign countries from Namakkal. Nearly 25,000 people are employed, both directly and indirectly, in truck body building activity and about 300 units in Namakkal and 100 units in Tiruchengode are engaged in this activity.<sup id="cite_ref-NamakkalDist_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NamakkalDist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Leyland" title="Ashok Leyland">Ashok Leyland</a>'s Driver Training Institute in Namakkal (right in the trucking heartland of Tamil Nadu) was the first of its kind and has served as a beacon to lead the way in the training of drivers. Easily accessible from Erode, Salem and Trichy, and spread over 25 acres, the campus includes a driving range with every conceivable road configuration. A spacious building accommodates large classrooms, a library, a model room, a laboratory and a cafeteria with an open-air theatre attached. The roads come with electronic signals, signs, markings and streetlights for night driving – everything, in fact, that drivers will encounter on the highways. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poultry">Poultry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Poultry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poultry plays an important role in the economy of Namakkal<sup id="cite_ref-TNEnvis_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNEnvis-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has an astounding number of 29.3 million <a href="/wiki/Fowl" title="Fowl">fowls</a> and 32.4 million eggs produced every day,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accounting for a bulk of supply of poultry products to neighbouring industries. Namakkal produces about 65% of the total egg output of Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 1,500 Poultry/Cattle Feed manufacturing units are also in existence. Mostly every poultry unit has put up their own feed manufacturing unit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nearly 176 Sago factories are located in and around the Rasipuram Taluk.<sup id="cite_ref-TNEnvis_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNEnvis-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bore-wells and textile are the main business in Tiruchengode. Nearly 37 spinning mills and more than 10,000 powerlooms are functioning in Tiruchengode. One sugar mill and one paper mill were functioning under Private Sector. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal (a constituent unit of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Veterinary_and_Animal_Sciences_University" title="Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University">Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University</a>) is located in Mohanur Taluk. It also has an Animal Feed Analysis and Quality Assurance Laboratory (AFAQAL). All the arts and science colleges in the district are affiliated to <a href="/wiki/Periyar_University" title="Periyar University">Periyar University</a>, Salem. A new government medical college had constructed and opened.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_tourism">Culture and tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Culture and tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Namakkal_Rock_Fort_and_Hindu_temples"><a href="/wiki/Namakkal_Fort" title="Namakkal Fort">Namakkal Rock Fort</a> and Hindu temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Namakkal Rock Fort and Hindu temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of Namakkal is built around a rock fort. The rock fort is on the summit of the rock, and the remnants in brick and stone still bear the brunt of the skirmishes to lay <a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">siege</a> to the fort by the <a href="/wiki/Cholas" class="mw-redirect" title="Cholas">Cholas</a> in the 9th century.<sup id="cite_ref-NamakkalDist_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NamakkalDist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are two rock–cut cave temples located on both sides of the hill dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimhaswamy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranganatha" title="Ranganatha">Ranganathaswamy</a>. The caves were constructed by Adhiyaman rulers who ruled over Kongu Region during the 7th century. The Temple has been declared as monuments under the preservation of Monuments and sites Act 1958 and being administered by the HR&CE department of Government. A temple dedicated to the Goddess Namagiri Amman is situated within the temple complex of the Narasimha Swamy kovil.<sup id="cite_ref-TNTourism_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNTourism-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The famous <a href="/wiki/Namakkal_Anjaneyar_Temple" title="Namakkal Anjaneyar Temple">Namakkal Digambara Anjaneyar Temple</a>, housing an 18-foot-tall <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a> statue is located opposite to the Narasimhaswamy temple. It is believed that the Hanuman statue keeps growing and to stop the growth a priest put a magic needle at the top of the statue's head. Hanuman statue carved out of a single stone at this temple.<sup id="cite_ref-TNTourism_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNTourism-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tiruchengode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode" title="Tiruchengode">Tiruchengode</a> is 35 km from Namakkal. It is one of the seven Sivasthalams in <a href="/wiki/Kongu_Nadu" title="Kongu Nadu">Kongunadu</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ardhanareeswarar_temple,_Tiruchengode" class="mw-redirect" title="Ardhanareeswarar temple, Tiruchengode">Ardhanareeswarar temple</a> is located on a hill. The presiding deity is depicted as half-male and half-female, vertically to represent <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> worshipped as one form. It is considered one of the oldest temples in this region. </p><p>Tiruchegode is the olden Poondurainadu in Kongunadu. Tiruchengode olden name is Thirukodimadachengondurur. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kollimalai_(Kolli_Hills)"><span id="Kollimalai_.28Kolli_Hills.29"></span>Kollimalai (Kolli Hills)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Kollimalai (Kolli Hills)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG/220px-Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG/330px-Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG/440px-Kolli_Hills_Waterfalls.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Water falls in Kolli Hills</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Kolli_Hills" title="Kolli Hills">Kolli Hills</a> are at an altitude of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in the Namakkal District and are 45 km from Namakkal town. The Kolli hills are featured in several works of classical Tamil literature such as <a href="/wiki/Silappatikaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Silappatikaram">Silappathigaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manimekalai" title="Manimekalai">Manimekalai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purananuru" title="Purananuru">Purananuru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ainkurunuru" title="Ainkurunuru">Ainkurnuru</a>. The region was ruled by <a href="/wiki/Valvil_Ori" title="Valvil Ori">Valvil Ori</a> whose valor and marksmanship are sung by several poets, and his exploits are a popular part of folklore. </p><p>There are three reserved forests that are controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a>, namely Ariyur Solai, Kundur Nadu and <a href="/wiki/Puliancholai" title="Puliancholai">Puliancholai</a>. It is not correct to regard the name Kolli Hills (<i>Tamil:</i> kolli noi- killer disease) as being due to the incidence of deadly diseases. It is because early literature records the existence of a deity called Kollippavai on top of these hills. </p><p>The hills are known for medicinal herbs and plants that grow in abundance on their slopes. The Arapaleswarar Temple, the Horticulture Farm, the herbal farm, <a href="/wiki/Agaya_Gangai" title="Agaya Gangai">Agaya Gangai</a> waterfalls, boat house, Peryaswamy Temple, Ettukai Amman Temple, Pineapple farms, View Point, and the Telescope House are the places to visit for the interested tourist. Attukalkilangu soup and raw was sold in this hills.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <b><a href="/wiki/Valvil_Ori" title="Valvil Ori">Valvil Ori</a> festival</b> is organised there every year during the month of August.<sup id="cite_ref-TNTourism_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNTourism-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The Arapaleeswarar temple</b> is believed to have a secret path to the Shiva temple in <a href="/wiki/Rasipuram" title="Rasipuram">Rasipuram</a>. This Shiva temple is said to have been built by <a href="/wiki/Valvil_Ori" title="Valvil Ori">Valvil Ori</a> king in the 1st or 2nd century CE when he ruled this area. "Arappaleeswara Sathakam" is the poem which praises the Lord Arappaleeswarar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jedarpalayam_Dam">Jedarpalayam Dam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Jedarpalayam Dam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jedarpalayam Dam is located in Kabilarmalai Panchayat Union of Namakkal District. It is located about 36 km from Namakkal. The dam is constructed across the River Cauvery and it is constructed by The king Allala ilaya nayagan, a Vettuvan king and also he make a vaaikal called Raja vaaikal. This dam is having a water storage area for boating.<sup id="cite_ref-TNTourism_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNTourism-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Transport is the major field of work in Namakkal. A large number of bulk carriers and <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">lorries</a> run through all over India from Namakkal. Many lorry (truck) body building workshops are located in Namakkal.More than 5000 lorry workshops are present in this city. Egg production in this district is largely facilitated by the lorry transport. It is the main centre for linking other districts via bus routes, to the North (Salem, Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Bangalore), East (Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam), South (Karur, Dindugal, Madurai, Tiunelveli and Kanyakumari) and the West (Erode, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Nilgiris). The train route between Karur and Salem Junction saves fuel and time for transportation of goods. Government buses are maintained by TNSTC-Salem division. The national highway NH-44 which runs through the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natarajan_Chandrasekaran" title="Natarajan Chandrasekaran">Natarajan Chandrasekaran</a>, who hails from Mohanur, is the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Tata_Group" title="Tata Group">Tata</a> group. He was previously the CEO and managing director of <a href="/wiki/Tata_Consultancy_Services" title="Tata Consultancy Services">Tata Consultancy Services</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatarama_Ramalingam_Pillai" title="Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai">Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai</a>, the famous modern Tamil poet, a <a href="/wiki/Gandhism" title="Gandhism">Gandhian</a> independence fighter and a <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> awardee, was also born in Mohanur.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Subbarayan" title="P. Subbarayan">P. Subbarayan</a> (11 September 1889 – 6 October 1962) was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and diplomat and was the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Madras_Presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Madras Presidency">Chief Minister of Madras Presidency</a>.</li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam">Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a>, DSO, MBE-6th Chief of Indian army (1913–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RK_Narayan" class="mw-redirect" title="RK Narayan">RK Narayan</a> - Indian writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RK_Laxman" class="mw-redirect" title="RK Laxman">RK Laxman</a> - Indian Cartoonist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages">Villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namakkal_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrahara_Mettupatty" title="Agrahara Mettupatty">Agrahara Mettupatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkiyampatty" title="Akkiyampatty">Akkiyampatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinna_Veppanatham" title="Chinna Veppanatham">Chinna Veppanatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elandakuttai" title="Elandakuttai">Elandakuttai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallippalayam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallippalayam">Kallippalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moolappalayam" title="Moolappalayam">Moolappalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottakulampudur" title="Ottakulampudur">Ottakulampudur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavithrampudur" title="Pavithrampudur">Pavithrampudur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalambadi" title="Thalambadi">Thalambadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thengaperumalpalayam" title="Thengaperumalpalayam">Thengaperumalpalayam</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span 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