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District Profile
Krishnagiri district is bounded by Vellore and Thiruvannamalai districts in the East, Karnataka state in the west, State of Andhra Pradesh in the North Dharmapuri District in the south. Its area is 5143 Sq. Kms. The average rainfall is 830 mm per annum. Three languages namely Tamil, Telugu and Kannada are predominantly spoken in this district.
Krishnagiri District has 2 Municipalities, 10 Panchayat Unions, 7 Town Panchayats, 352 Village Panchayats and 636 Revenue Villages.
Administrative Divisions:
Revenue Divisions : 2 ( Krishnagiri & Hosur )
Revenue Taluks : 5 ( Krishnagiri, Hosur, Denkanikottai, Pochampalli & Uthangarai)
Taluk |
No.of Revenue Villages |
Krishnagiri |
142 |
Hosur |
176 |
Denkanikottai |
93 |
Pochampalli |
40 |
Uthangarai |
185 |
Total |
636 |
Blocks: 10 ( Barugur, Hosur, Kaverippattinam, Kelamangalam, Krishnagiri, Mathur, Shoolagiri, Thally, Uthangarai & Veppanappalli )
Block |
No.of Panchayats |
Barugur |
36 |
Hosur |
30 |
Kaverippattinam |
36 |
Kelamangalam |
28 |
Krishnagiri |
30 |
Mathur |
24 |
Shoolagiri |
42 |
Thally |
50 |
Uthangarai |
34 |
Veppanappalli |
27 |
Total |
337 |
Total Population |
15,46,700 |
Urban Population |
2,53,989 |
Rural Population |
12,92,711 |
Density of Population per Sq. Km. |
301 |
Sex Ratio |
944/1,000 |
Literacy rate |
58.11% |
This district is connected by Prime Minister's Golden Rectangle Project executed by National Highways Authority of India. This district has a network of 5 National Highways converging.
- NH-7 (Kanyakumari-Kashmir)
- NH-46 (Chennai-Bangalore)
- NH-66 (Pondicherry-Bangalore)
- NH-207 (Sarjapur-Bagalur-Hosur)
- NH-219 (Krishnagiri-Kuppam)
Flora & Fauna:
The major wild animals include Elephants, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Gaur, Wild boar, Panther etc. The forest area of Denkanikottai Taluk forms the prime elephant habitat with lot of bamboos and this area constitutes the Cauvery elephant reserve, which is constituted over and area of about 450 Sq. Kms.
The bird population is also attractive with beautiful bird like Paradise flycatcher. Big lakes in Anchetti and Hosur areas also attract large number of migratory birds like Painted storks, Teals etc.
The flora include variety of timber trees like Rose wood, Teak, Sandal etc. Hundereds of medicinal herbs, minor forest plants like nelli, kadukkai, cheekai, pungam etc. Since pungam trees are found in abundance in this forest pungam oil is extracted from this seeds of this tress which is a non pollutant Bio-fuel. This district is also famous for its fleshy and tasty Tamarind, especially in the name of 'Urigam' variety.
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