What is Perambalur district?
'''Perambalur district''' is an administrative district in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. The district headquarters is located at [[Perambalur]]. The district occupies an area of 1,752 km². 565,223 people lived there with 1,003 females for every 1,000 males in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perambalur.tn.nic.in/|title=Please wait, while your site is being deployed.. - S3WaaS|website=www.perambalur.tn.nic.in|access-date=2017-09-12|archive-date=2006-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813070309/http://www.perambalur.tn.nic.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Perambalur district is a centrally located inland district of Tamil Nadu. It was trifurcated (thrice-divided) from [[Tiruchirapalli District|Tiruchirappalli district]] and was formed on 1 November 1995. The district is bounded by [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]] district in the north, [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]] district in the south, [[Ariyalur district|Ariyalur]] in the east and [[Namakkal district|Namakkal]] and Tiruchirappalli districts in the west. According to the [[2011 census]], the sex-ratio of 1,003 females for every 1,000 males was much above the national average of 929. A total of 59,567 were under the age of six, 31,135 males and 28,432 females. Scheduled [[Caste|Castes]] and [[Scheduled Tribes]] accounted for 31.01% and .46% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 66.49%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had a total of 149,243 [[Household|households]]. There were a total of 299,726 [[Worker|workers]], comprising 107,542 cultivators, 91,135 main [[agricultural labourers]], 4,365 in [[household industries]], 52,055 other workers, 44,629 marginal workers, 9,762 marginal cultivators, 27,143 marginal agricultural labourers, 978 marginal workers in household industries and 6,746 other marginal workers. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Perambalur district| ]]