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Karur district

district of Tamil Nadu, India
Administrative Area District Of India Q15182

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
district of India
Official website
www.karur.tn.nic.in[7]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 10.958°, 78.080°, 🗺️ 10.880°, 78.190°
Continent
Asia[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tamil Nadu[2]

Population and size

Area
+2896[14]
Female population
+536309[11]
Male population
+528184[12]
Population
+935686, +1064493[8][9]

Codes

Postal code
639000–639999[6]
More facts +8
Short name
KRR[13]
Capital
Karur[5]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: India/Tamil Nadu/Karur
Illiterate population
+337449[17]
Literate population
+727044[18]
Number of households
+287095[10]
Rural population
+629976[16]
Urban population
+434517[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Karur district ar ضاحية كرور de Karur fa بخش کرور fi Karurin piirikunta fr district de Karur hi करुड़ जिला hi करुङ जिला it distretto di Karur ja カルール県 ru Карур sv Karur (distrikt) zh 卡魯爾縣 zh-hans 卡鲁尔县
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dry-Amaravathi-at-Karur.JPG ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q15182
Freebase ID
/m/0b0m51
GeoNames ID
8223996
INaturalist place ID
32488
Indian census area code (2011)
613
LGD District Code
576
MDWS place ID
0432
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1819319
Topic's main category
Category:Karur district
Who's on First ID
890504243
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Karur", "TamilNadu", "India"}]

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 17
Karur, Kulithalai, Ariyur, Krishnarayapuram, Punjaipugalur, Aravakurichi, Pallapatti, Puliyur +9 more
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Tamil Nadu, Kongu Nadu
← Shares border with 2
Dindigul district, Tiruppur district
Capital 1
Karur
Continent 1
Asia
Country 1
India
Instance of 1
district of India
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Tamil Nadu
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:30
People born here 1
Annamalai Kuppusamy
Residents 1
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Topic's main category 1
Category:Karur district
← Capital of 1
Karur
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Karur district
← Headquarters location 1
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Summary

Karur district is a district of India[1].

Related Entities

India Srinivasa Ramanujan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . local government in India. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . 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 → 2,896 square kilometre
    Capital → Karur
    Postal code → 639000–639999
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Karur district
    + 15 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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