Uthamapalayam taluk is a taluk of Theni district

Theni District

Theni District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in South India. The city of Theni is the district headquarters. The district is divided into two natural divisions: The hilly areas constituted by parts of the three taluks Periyakulam, Uthamapalayam and Andipatti with thick vegetation and...

 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 Uthamapalayam

Uthamapalayam

Uthamapalayam is a panchayat town in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Demographics: India census, Uthamapalayam had a population of 22,104. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age...

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Population

According to one census, the 2001 census, the taluk of Uthamapalayam had a population of 376,963 with 189,271 males and 187,692 females. There were 992 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.15. The total number of households was 94,744.