Nagapattinam taluk is a taluk of Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District. It is a prominent seaport on the east coast of India and an important centre of trade and commerce.The town of Nagapattinam dates back to the Sangam period...

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Nagapattinam had a population of 260,445 with 129,172 males and 131,273 females. There were 1016 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 80.16. The total number of households was 57,230.