Ariyalur Pincodes

One of the 31 districts in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is the administrative district known as Ariyalur. The district office can be found in Ariyalur. The total area of the district is 1,949.31 km². This district is home to Gangaikonda Cholapuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site constructed by King Rajendra Cholan of the Chola Empire. The district is renowned for having a wealth of fossils from prehistory.

Here have been found fragmentary fossils of sauropod and theropod dinosaurs, at least one fossilized dinosaur egg, and numerous fossils of enormous mollusks and jawed fishes. Fossils at Keelapazhur are being conserved and preserved by the establishment of an on-site museum. There are significant lignite reserves in Jayankondam, and Ariyalur is well-known for its cement industries.

History

Tiruchirappalli was divided into the districts of Karur and Perambalur in 1995. On January 1, 2001, the Perambalur district was divided into the Ariyalur district. However, on March 31, 2002, it was combined with the Perambalur district. The district of Ariyalur was redrawn on November 23, 2007. The districts of Thanjavur to the south and south-east, Cuddalore to the north and northeast, Mayiladuthurai to the east, Tiruchirapalli to the south-west, and Perambalur to the west encircle the district.

Demography

The population of the Ariyalur district, as of the 2011 census, is 754,894, or about the same as that of the US state of Alaska or the nation of Guyana. As a result, it is ranked 491 in India. The population density of the district is 387 people per square kilometer, or 1,000 people per square mile. Between 2001 and 2011, the population growth rate was 8.19%. Ariyalur has a 71.99% literacy rate and a sex ratio of 1016 females for every 1000 males. The population that resides in cities is 11.01%.

Climate

All year round, the weather is hot to oppressive, but it’s particularly bad from October to December, when the northeast monsoon brings in the rainy season. Ariyalur experiences very little rainfall during the southwest monsoon due to the Western Ghats’ rain shadow, but the city is also too far inland to receive enough rainfall during the northeast monsoon to have a tropical wet and dry climate.

Economy

Large industrial companies with cement divisions in this region include Birlas (UltraTech Cement), India Cements, Dalmia Cement, and Madras Cement. The TANCEM factory, owned by the Tamil Nadu government, is the first to establish cement production in Ariyalur. Grown as a major commercial crop is sugar cane. The district is home to one operating private sugar factory near Keelapalur, which has a daily crushing capacity of 3,000 tons. Cashew is a major crop grown in the district of Ariyalur. In the district, red sanding soil predominates, with sporadic pockets of black soil.

Administration

During British rule, the municipality of Ariyalur was founded in 1943 as a second-class town panchayat. In October 2004, it was elevated to a special grade after being promoted from a town panchyat in the first grade in 1995 to a second grade in 1966. The district of Ariyalur has its first municipality, Jayankondam. It received a promotion to a third-class municipality in December 2004. The municipality had 18 members overall and a total area of 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) as of 2008.