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Dindigul district

district of Tamil Nadu, India
Administrative Area District Of India Q15154

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
district of India
Inception
1985[12]
Official website
dindigul.nic.in[13]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 10.400°, 77.800°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tamil Nadu[2]
Shares border with
Idukki district, Theni district, Madurai district, Tiruchirappalli district, Karur district, Tiruppur district[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Population and size

Area
+6058[20]
Female population
+1078837[17]
Male population
+1080938[18]
Population
+1923014, +2159775[14][15]

Codes

Postal code
624000–624999[11]
More facts +8
Short name
DIN[19]
Capital
Dindigul[4]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: India/Tamil Nadu/Dindigul
Illiterate population
+677941[23]
Literate population
+1481834[24]
Number of households
+560773[16]
Rural population
+1351735[22]
Urban population
+808040[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dindigul district ar منطقة دينديجول de Dindigul fa بخش دیندیگل fi Dindigulin piirikunta fr district de Dindigul hi डिंडिगुल जिला hi डिंडुक्कल जिला it distretto di Dindigul ja ディンディグル県 ja ティンドゥッカル県 ru Диндигул zh 丁迪古爾縣
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
151447897
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n97924350
GND ID
4735948-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Poomparai village.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q15154
Freebase ID
/m/0bxfwl
GeoNames ID
8223994
INaturalist place ID
32484
Indian census area code (2011)
612
J9U entity ID
987007535776805171
LGD District Code
572
MDWS place ID
0428
Show all 17 identifiers +5
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1819273
Topic's main category
Category:Dindigul district
Who's on First ID
890507451
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Dindigul", "TamilNadu", "India"}]
Yale LUX ID
place/30f7d2d3-9e91-4be8-86d7-ad67b36dfa30

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 30
Dindigul, Kodaikanal, Palani, Natham, V.S.K.Valasai, Palani Hills, Oddanchatram, Ayakudi +22 more
Shares border with 6
Idukki district, Madurai district, Tiruchirappalli district, Karur district, Theni district, Tiruppur district
← Shares border with 3
Madurai, Idukki district, Tiruppur district
Capital 1
Dindigul
Country 1
India
Instance of 1
district of India
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Tamil Nadu
Located in this place 1
Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:30
People born here 1
Chandrasekhar
Topic's main category 1
Category:Dindigul district
← Capital of 1
Dindigul
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Dindigul district
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Tamil Nadu
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Summary

Dindigul district is a district of India[1].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . local government in India. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → 6,058 square kilometre
    Capital → Dindigul
    Postal code → 624000–624999
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Dindigul district
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #44153: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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