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Tiruchirappalli, often known as Tiruchi or Trichy, is the administrative center of the Tiruchirappalli district and a significant tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In addition to being the cleanest city in Tamil Nadu, the city is regarded as the most livable and the sixth safest for women in all of India. It is the state’s fourth-largest urban agglomeration and fourth-largest city combined. Tiruchirappalli, 322 km (200 mi) south of Chennai and 374 km (232 mi) north of Kanyakumari, is situated nearly in the geographic center of the state of Tamil Nadu.

The Kaveri River divides into two 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) west of the city, establishing the island of Srirangam, which is currently part of the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation. This is where the Cauvery Delta starts. There were 916,857 people living in the 167.23 square kilometer (64.57 square mile) city as of 2011.

History

The Chola dynasty ruled Tiruchirappalli from the third century BC, according to documented history. In addition, the Mutharaiyars, Pallavas, Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire, Nayak Dynasty, Carnatic state, and British have all ruled over the city. The Rockfort at Teppakulam, the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam, which honors the reclining form of the Hindu God Vishnu and is the largest functioning temple in the world, and the Jambukeswarar temple at Thiruvanaikaval, which is also the largest temple for the Hindu God Shiva in the world, are some of the most notable historical sites in Tiruchirappalli.

Currently a neighborhood in Tiruchirappalli, Uraiyur was the capital of the Early Cholas and a significant archaeological site. During the Carnatic Wars (1746–1763) between the British and French East India companies, the city was crucial.

Geography

Tiruchirappalli is located in the center of Tamil Nadu, almost exactly in the geographic center of the country, in central south-eastern India. 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) west of the city, at the point where the river splits into the Kaveri and Kollidam streams to form the island of Srirangam, is where the Cauvery Delta starts to form.

By road, it is located 322 kilometers (200 mi) south-west of Chennai, 331 kilometers (206 mi) south-east of Bangalore, and 912 kilometers (567 mi) south of Hyderabad. Tiruchirappalli’s topography is nearly flat, with an average elevation of 81 meters (266 feet). A few lone hillocks rise above the surface, the largest of which is the 3,800 million-year-old Rockfort, one of the oldest rocks in the world by some estimates.

Climate

Tiruchirappalli is located in the center of Tamil Nadu, almost exactly in the geographic center of the country, in central south-eastern India. 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) west of the city, at the point where the river splits into the Kaveri and Kollidam streams to form the island of Srirangam, is where the Cauvery Delta starts to form.

By road, it is located 322 kilometers (200 mi) south-west of Chennai, 331 kilometers (206 mi) south-east of Bangalore, and 912 kilometers (567 mi) south of Hyderabad. Tiruchirappalli’s topography is nearly flat, with an average elevation of 81 meters (266 feet). A few lone hillocks rise above the surface, the largest of which is the 3,800 million-year-old Rockfort, one of the oldest rocks in the world by some estimates.

Demography

In the 2011 Indian census, there were 847,387 people living in 214,529 families inside the municipal corporation borders of Tiruchirappalli, 9.4% of whom were under the age of six. The sex ratio was 975 men for every 1,000 females, and the population density was 5,768/km2 (14,940/sq mi). With 1,022,518 residents, the Tiruchirappalli urban agglomeration was the fourth largest in Tamil Nadu and the 53rd largest in India in 2011. The average literacy rate in the city was 91.37%, which was substantially higher than the 73.00% national average. 10.48% of the population belonged to Scheduled Castes, and 0.27% to Scheduled Tribes. In the city, there were 228,518 residents who lived in slums, making up around 26.96% of the total population.