Sankarankoil taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district

Tirunelveli District

Tirunelveli District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. A unique feature of this district is that it encompasses all five geographical traditions of Tamil Literature; kurinji , mullai , marudham , neithal and palai...

 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 is the town of Sankarankoil

Sankarankoil

Sankarankovil is a city and a municipality in the Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.- The temple :Sankarankovil is home to the famous Sankara Narayanan temple. It is situated at Tirunelveli District and 56 km away from Thirunelveli City. Sankarankovil is the second...

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Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Sankarankoil had a population of 342,584 with 169,113 males and 173,471 females. There were 1026 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 66.64. The total number of households was 84,759.