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Capital
Population
Total Area
Districts
Corporations
Townships
Villages
Rural Population
Literacy
Major Languages
Hindus
Christians
Muslims
Parliament Seats
Rajya Sabha Seats
Assembly Seats |
Chennai
6,24,05,679
1,30,058 Sq.KM
30
6
104
17,676
3,49,21,681
73.47
Tamil, Telugu
88.0%
6%
5%
39
16
235 |
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General Informations
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Tamil Nadu is the
State of Dravidian Culture.
Christianity reached Tamil Nadu as
early as the first century AD. One of the apostles of Jesus
Christ St.Thomas brought the love of Christ to Tamil Nadu and
died as a martyr here. A great number of missionaries came from
the west and lead many towards Christ and many died as martyrs.
Because of this, revival in India mostly depends upon the
Christians of Tamil Nadu.
The various Christian Organizations in Tamil Nadu have
established more than 7 lakhs educational institutions, number
of hospitals and welfare associations.
Tamil Nadu occupies the first place in industrial development in
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Land Mark |
Tamil Nadu is
situated on the south eastern side of the Indian peninsula. It is bounded on the
east by Bay of Bengal, in the south by the Indian ocean, in the west by the
states of Kerala and Karnataka and in the North by the Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh.
The land mass of the state can be divided into two natural divisions,
(1) The Eastern coastal plain
(2) The hilly region along the North and the West
Along the whole length of the western part, the sea varying at a distance from,
80 to 160 km runs the range of the western Ghats, a steep and rugged mass
averaging 1220 metres above the sea level and rising to 2440 metres at the
highest point. The Palghat Gap about 25 km in width is the only marked break in
the great mountain wall. To the south of this gap, the range is known as
Anamalai (Elephant Hills)
On the east are the Palani Hills on which the famous hill station Kodaikanal is
situated. The slopes of the western Ghats are covered with heavy ever green
forests. The Nilgiris and the Anamalai are the hill groups with the maximum
height. In the famous Ootacamund area of the Nilgiris district, is the highest
peak Doddabetta, 2640 metres above the sea level. Ootacamund is known as the
'Queen of hill stations' in India. Almost every district has a hill-station or a
sea-side resort.
RIVERS
The rivers of the state flow eastward from the western
ghats and are entirely rain-fed. The perennial river fed
by both the monsoons is the Cauvery which flows across Tamil Nadu cutting the
state in to two halves. The perennial rivers are :- Palar, Cheyyar, Ponnaiyar
Kaveri, Meyar, Bhavan, Amaravati, Vaigai, Chittar and Tamaraparni. The
non-perennial rivers are the Vellur, Noyal, Suruli, Gundar, Vaipar, Valparai and
Varshali. The 760 km long Cauveri is the largest river of the state.
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