Krishnagiri Taluka - Tamil Nadu

Krishnagiri is an administrative taluka in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Krishnagiri is the main town for most villages within the taluka. The nearest railway station is situated at Rayakkottai, while the nearest airport is Salem Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 65.8 km.

The total area of the taluka is 1,276 km², including 1,225.60 km² rural area and 50.59 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 984 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Krishnagiri Taluka

Krishnagiri Taluka has a total of 140 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Agaram	Rural	Moramadugu
2	Agasipalli	Rural	Agasipalli
3	Alapatti	Rural	Velagalahalli
4	Appinayakkankottai	Rural	Chinthagummanapalli
5	Ariyanapalli	Rural	Veppanapalli
6	Avalnatham	Rural	Chennasandiram
7	Balanapalli	Rural	Balanapalli
8	Baleguli-2	Rural	Baleguli
9	Balekuli	Rural	Erumampatti
10	Bannihalli	Rural	Bannihalli
11	Bargur R.F.	Rural	Oppathavadi
12	Bathimadugu	Rural	Bathimadugu
13	Bayanapalli (Part)	Rural	Baiyanapalli
14	Beemandapalli	Rural	Beemandapalli
15	Bellampalli	Rural	Bellampalli
16	Bellarapalli	Rural	Pachiganapalli
17	Billanakuppam	Rural	Billanakuppam
18	Boganapalli	Rural	Peththanapalli
19	Bommarasanapalli	Rural	Veppanapalli
20	Budhimutlu	Rural	Sigaramaganapalli
21	Chaparthi	Rural	Chaparthi
22	Chennasandiram	Rural	Marasandiram
23	Chikkapoovathi	Rural	Chikkapoovathi
24	Chinnakothur	Rural	V.Madepalli
25	Chowttahalli	Rural	Sowtahalli
26	Dasigounipalli	Rural	Veppanapalli
27	Dasiripalli	Rural	Naduvanapalli
28	Devarakundani	Rural	Neralagiri
29	Devasamudiram	Rural	Devasamuthiram
30	Doddaganama	Rural	Sigaramaganapalli
31	Ebbiri	Rural	Manavarnapalli
32	Edayarapalli	Rural	Chinthagummanapalli
33	Errahalli	Rural	Errahalli
34	Errahalli-2	Rural	Errahalli
35	Ettipalli	Rural	Neralagiri
36	Ettipallitalav	Rural	Neralagiri
37	Gangaleri	Rural	Gangaleri
38	Gangamadugu	Rural	Manavarnapalli
39	Gollapalli	Rural	Manavarnapalli
40	Gollapalli	Rural	Beemandapalli
41	Gooliam	Rural	Gooliam
42	Gundalapatti	Rural	Gundalapatti
43	Gundalapatti-2	Rural	Gundalapatti
44	Gunthapalli	Rural	Kuppachiparai
45	Helekrishnnapuram	Rural	Halekundani
46	Helekundani	Rural	Halekundani
47	Idipalli	Rural	Balanapalli
48	Idipalli	Rural	Balanapalli
49	Jagadab	Rural	Jagadab
50	Junjupalli	Rural	Thippanapalli
51	Kadavarapalli	Rural	Thammandrapalli
52	Kallukurikki	Rural	Kallukurukki
53	Kammaampalli	Rural	Mallinaayanapalli
54	Karadihalli	Rural	Karadihalli
55	Kariyasagaramthalav	Rural	Kuriyanapalli
56	Kasiruganapalli	Rural	Manavarnapalli
57	Katheri-2	Rural	Kalvehalli
58	Kathinayanapalli	Rural	Kaattinaayanapalli
59	Kathiripalli	Rural	Nachikuppam
60	Katteri	Rural	Kalvehalli
61	Kattiganapalli (Ct)	Rural	Kattigaanapalli
62	Kaveripattinam	Rural	Santhapuram
63	Kaveripattinam-2	Urban	Not applicable
64	Kodipalli	Rural	Kodipalli
65	Kompalli	Rural	Thippanapalli
66	Kondappanayakempalli	Rural	Kondappanayanapalli
67	Kondepalli	Rural	Kondepalli
68	Konganepalli	Rural	Sigaramaganapalli
69	Kothigutalapalli	Rural	Mekalachinnampalli
70	Kottapetta	Rural	Kottapatti
71	Kottur R.F.	Rural	Oppathavadi
72	Krishnagiri	Urban	Not applicable
73	Krishnappanayakkanpudur	Rural	Bathimadugu
74	Kundarapalli	Rural	Samanthamalai
75	Kuppachiparai	Rural	Kuppachiparai
76	Kurubarapalli	Rural	Kurubarapalli
77	Lakkabathalapalli	Rural	Kuppachiparai
78	Madepalli	Rural	Madepalli
79	Maharajakadai R.F.	Rural	Naaralapalli
80	Manavarnapalli	Rural	Manavarnapalli
81	Marachandiram	Rural	Marasandiram
82	Marichettihalli	Rural	Marichettihalli
83	Marichettyhalli-2	Rural	Marichettihalli
84	Marigampalli	Rural	Gangaleri
85	Mittahalli	Rural	Mittahalli
86	Mittahalli-2	Rural	Mittahalli
87	Mottur	Rural	Nedungal
88	Nachikuppam	Rural	Nachikuppam
89	Naduvanapalli	Rural	Naduvanapalli
90	Nallur	Rural	Halekundani
91	Nandibanda R.F.	Rural	Sigaralapalli
92	Naralapalli	Rural	Naaralapalli
93	Naralapalli R.F.	Rural	Periyakottapalli
94	Neralagiri	Rural	Neralagiri
95	Neralakotta R.F.	Rural	Oppathavadi
96	Nirmalvadi	Rural	Halekundani
97	Oddapalli	Rural	Balanapalli
98	Paiyur	Rural	Paiyur
99	Pandikurikki	Rural	V.Madepalli
100	Pannapalli	Rural	Thammandrapalli
101	Panneswaramadam	Rural	Penneswaramadam
102	Peddatalapalli	Rural	Peththathaalapalli
103	Peddathanapalli	Rural	Periyakottapalli
104	Penneswaramadam-2	Rural	Barur
105	Periamuthu	Rural	Periyamuthur
106	Periamuthur-2	Rural	Periyamuthur
107	Piyur-2	Rural	Paiyur
108	Polupalli	Rural	P.K. Peddanapalli
109	Ponnappa Gownapalli	Rural	V.Madepalli
110	Puliyancheri	Rural	Beemandapalli
111	Puram	Rural	Chennasandiram
112	Ragimakanapalli	Rural	Ippiganapalli
113	Ragimanapalli	Rural	Kurubarapalli
114	Sembadamuthur	Rural	Sembadamuthur
115	Sigaralapalli	Rural	Balanapalli
116	Sigaramaganapalli	Rural	Sigaramaganapalli
117	Singiripalli	Rural	Manavarnapalli
118	Siranapalli	Rural	Manavarnapalli
119	Sokkadi	Rural	Sokkaadi
120	Soolamalai	Rural	Shoolamalai
121	Sowtahalli-2	Rural	Sowtahalli
122	Sundekuppam	Rural	Sundekuppam
123	Sundekuppam-2	Rural	Sundekuppam
124	Talihalli	Rural	Thalihalli
125	Tankadikuppam	Rural	Neralagiri
126	Thalihalli-2	Rural	Thalihalli
127	Thalipalli	Rural	Veppanapalli
128	Thandagoundarahalli	Rural	Chikkapoovathi
129	Thatrahalli	Rural	Thatrahalli
130	Thattatharai	Rural	Naduvanapalli
131	Theertham	Rural	Theertham
132	Thimmapuram-2	Rural	Thimmapuram
133	Thogarapalli R.F.	Rural	Thogarapalli
134	Timmapuram	Rural	Thimmapuram
135	Undiganatham	Rural	Veppanapalli
136	Varatanapalli R.F.	Rural	Varattanapalli
137	Velakalahalli	Rural	Velagalahalli
138	Venkatapuram (Ct)	Rural	Venkatapuram
139	Veppanapalli	Rural	Veppanapalli
140	Verupasandiram	Rural	Chennasandiram

Population of Krishnagiri Taluka

As per the Census 2011, Krishnagiri Taluka has a total population of 5,97,071 people, consisting of 3,00,821 males and 2,96,250 females. There are 1,41,113 households in the taluka with an average population density of 468 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	5,97,071	4,64,232	1,32,839
Male Population	3,00,821	2,34,646	66,175
Female Population	2,96,250	2,29,586	66,664
Total Households	1,41,113	1,09,964	31,149
Population Density	468 / km²	379 / km²	2,626 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the taluka has 3,85,758 literate people and 67,555 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 72,114 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4,427 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	67,555	53,052	14,503
Literate Population	3,85,758	2,84,468	1,01,290
Illiterate Population	2,11,313	1,79,764	31,549
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	72,114	56,560	15,554
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	4,427	4,040	387

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Taluka Overview
Taluka (Hindi)	Krishnagiri (कृष्णगिरि)
District	Krishnagiri
State / UT	Tamil Nadu
Railway Station	Rayakkottai
Total Area	1,276 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	984
Total Population (2011)	5,97,071
Density	468/km²
Total Villages	140

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Anchetty	Bargur
Denkanikottai	Hosur
Pochampalli	Shoolagiri
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