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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dindigul}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dindigul district
| native_name = திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டம்
| other_name =
| nickname = Holland of Tamil Nadu
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Tamil Nadu|District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = Palani Hill Temple1.JPG
|photo1b = Dindigul Fort (10530429903).jpg
|photo2a = Poombarai.JPG
|photo2b = Sirumalai Hill.jpg
|photo3a = Kodaikaanal Mountain.jpg
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| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Dhandayuthapani Temple]] in [[Palani]], [[Dindigul Fort]], Hills near [[Sirumalai]], hills at [[Kodaikanal]], [[Poombarai]] village
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-point = none
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu
| coordinates = {{coord|10|21|14.4|N|77|59|6|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|22px]] [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = [[Pandya Nadu]] [[Kongu Nadu]]
| subdivision_type4 = Municipal City Corporation
| subdivision_name4 = [[Dindigul Municipal Corporation|Dindigul City Municipal Corporation]]
| subdivision_type5 = Municipalities
| subdivision_name5 = [[Kodaikanal]] [[Oddanchatram]] [[Palani|Pazhani]]
| subdivision_type6 = Town Panchayats
| subdivision_name6 =
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| named_for =
| parts_type = [[Taluka|Taluks]]
| parts = [[Athoor taluk|Athoor]], Dindigul East, Dindigul West, Gujiliamparai, [[Kodaikanal taluk|Kodaikanal]], [[Natham taluk|Natham]], [[Nilakkottai taluk|Nilakkottai]], [[Oddanchatram taluk|Oddanchatram]], [[Palani taluk|Palani]], [[Vedasandur taluk|Vedasandur]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Dindigul]]
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| leader_title1 = [[District Collector]]
| leader_name1 = S.Saravanan, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/collectors|Dindigul District Collector]</ref>
| leader_title2 = [[Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name2 = Dr.A.Pradeep, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/CCTNSNICSDC/wicket/page?7|Dindigul Superintendent of Police]</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 1
| area_total_km2 = 6266.64
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 2,159,775
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 624xxx
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0451
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN]]
| registration_plate = TN-57,94<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/a2.pdf www.tn.gov.in]</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1 = Largest City
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dindigul]]
| blank4_name_sec1 = Central location:
| blank4_info_sec1 = {{coord|10|21|N|77|59|E}}
| website = {{URL|https://dindigul.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
| official_name = Dindigul District
}}
'''Dindigul district''' is one of the 38 districts in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]]. Dindigul District is the largest district in Tamil Nadu by area. The district was carved out of [[Madurai district|Madurai District]] in 1985. It has an area of 6266.64 km2 and comprises 3 revenue divisions, 10 taluks, and 14 panchayat unions. The district is located in Southwest of Tamil Nadu. The district is bound by [[Madurai district|Madurai]] district in the south,[[Tiruppur district|Tiruppur]] district in the northwest, [[Karur district|Karur]] district in the north, [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]] district in the northeast, [[Theni district|Theni]] district in the Southwest and [[Idukki district]] of [[Kerala]] to the west. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,159,775 with a sex-ratio of 998 females for every 1,000 males.

==Economy==
[[File:Dindigul2.JPG|250px|thumb|View of the city centre from Dindigul fort]]
According to Indian Census of 2001, Dindigul City's urban workforce participation rate is 35.24 percent. Dindigul, being the headquarters of the district, has registered growth in the secondary and tertiary sectors, with a corresponding decrease in the primary Sector. Major employment in the city is provided by industrial estates, hand loom, trading and commerce activities. Approximately 90 percent of the workforce is employed in the tertiary sector. The district at large has only two industrial estates, with one of them located in the city.
[[Oddanchatram]] is one of the important towns in Dindigul district. Oddanchatram Vegetable Market (also known as [https://oddanchatramvegetablemarket.net/ Gandhi market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812103743/https://oddanchatramvegetablemarket.net/ |date=12 August 2019 }}) is the largest vegetable market in Tamil Nadu. As of 2001, there were approximately 60 tanneries, 165 lock manufacturing units and large number of cotton spinning mills.<ref name="urbaninfra7-9">[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report]] 2008, pp. 7-9</ref>

[[Lock (security device)|Locks]] and [[steel]] safes are manufactured in Dindigul and operated as a co-operative sector. Locks manufactured in Dindigul are sold in national and international markets and it is well known all over India for the quality of locks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thiagarajan |first1=Kamala |title=The Devilishly Difficult Locks of Dindigul |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/locks-dindigul-india |website=Atlas Obscura |date=21 February 2020 |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> Dindigul locks received [[geographical indication]] on 30 August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maharashtranews.com/en/2019/featured/6895/GI-tag-Kandangi-Sari-Dindigul-locks-tamilnadu-handwoven-sarees-lock-city-geographical-indication.htm|title=Kandangi saree and Dindigul lock get GI tag|last=S|first=Meghna|date=30 August 2019|website=Maharashtra News|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830110236/https://maharashtranews.com/en/2019/featured/6895/GI-tag-Kandangi-Sari-Dindigul-locks-tamilnadu-handwoven-sarees-lock-city-geographical-indication.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> A decline in lock industry is observed in modern times and other industries like leather, handloom, and aggro opportunities have gained significance. Silk, muslin and blanket manufacturing is common in Dindigul and after [[Coimbatore]], the city has the second largest textile spindling capacity in the State. [[Chinnalapatti silk]], a brand of silk saree is produced out of Chinnalapatti located {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the city.<ref name=heady/> The climate condition of the region is conducive for horticulture and agriculture. The district at large produce non-food crops like coffee, flowers, tobacco, and eucalyptus. Dindigul is the center for wholesale trading of fruits like orange, pineapple, sapota and guava, and vegetables like onion.<ref name="urbaninfra7-9"/>

Dindigul was an important center of trade in tobacco and manufacture of cigars during the [[British rule|British times]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Dindigul |volume=8 |page=275}}</ref> A favorite cigar of Winston Churchill called Churut, the 'Light of Asia', was produced in Dindigul. The tobacco industry is one of the main sources of employment for the inhabitants of Dindigul. The central government has a research center for tobacco in Vedasandur. This is one of the two centers in India, the other one is Rajamundri. In modern times, it has the largest trading center in the state for chewing tobacco and scented betel nuts. Well-known brands of scented chewing tobacco like Angu Vilas, Roja Supari etc. operate out of the city and sent to various places in the state and outside. Dindigul is also one of the leading leather producers and suppliers in the state.<ref name=heady/> In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Dindigul one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the six districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF). The district is struck between the south west and north chaos as it lies in the South West Region of Tamil Nadu. Its relative closeness to the Cities of [[Trichy]], [[Coimbatore]] and [[Madurai]] makes this district as a Transport nexus of this region.<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Geography and Climate ==

===Geography===

The different food, culture and
settlement is attributed to geographical contrast between [[Pandya Nadu]] and [[Kongu Nadu]].

The Eastern, Southern and South Western parts of the district which includes [[Dindigul|Dindigul City]], [[Kodaikanal]], [[Athoor]], [[Natham]] and [[Nilakkottai]] are more oriented to [[Pandya Nadu]] both Culturally and Economically. These Places of the district is relatively plain and has black, loamy and Red soil. These Places are open to the Madurai Plateau which contributes to Pandya Population.

The Western and Northern parts of the district which includes [[Palani]], [[Oddanchatram]] and [[Vedasandur]] lies in the Kongu plateau which is made up of red soil (except in some places) and Semi-arid.These places are open to the Coimbatore plateau which contributes to their Kongu population. These Regions are more oriented to [[Kongu Nadu]] both Culturally and Economically.

===Climate===
{{climate chart
|Dindigul
|12.6|26.1|25
|16.1|30.3|26
|20.5|35.4|37
|24|38|74
|25.3|37.8|125
|25.8|35.2|145
|25.5|32.2|140
|25.4|32|154
|24.8|32.3|187
|22.2|31.5|259
|17.4|29|214
|12.7|26.4|94
|float=left
}}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,14,098|13=1911|14=7,80,440|15=1921|16=8,13,581|17=1931|18=8,59,809|19=1941|20=9,74,794|21=1951|22=10,83,964|23=1961|24=11,78,363|25=1971|26=13,98,023|27=1981|28=15,64,448|29=1991|30=17,60,601|31=2001|32=19,23,014|33=2011|34=21,59,775|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Dindigul district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Tamil Nadu |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11392/download/14505/DDW33C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Tamil Nadu|Hinduism]]|darkorange|87.02}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Tamil Nadu|Christianity]]|purple|7.87}}
{{bar percent|[[Tamil Muslim|Islam]]|green|4.86}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.25}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Dindigul district had a population of 2,159,775 with a sex-ratio of 998 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 37.41% of the population lived in urban areas.<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Dindigul |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1120/download/3494/DH_2011_3311_PART_A_DCHB_DINDIGUL.pdf |website=[[Census of India]]|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> A total of 216,576 were under the age of six, constituting 111,955 males and 104,621 females. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] accounted for 20.95% and 0.37% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 68.61%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<ref name="districtcensus"/> The district had a total of 560,773 households. There were a total of 1,105,155 workers, comprising 155,332 cultivators, 388,725 main agricultural labourers, 25,253 in house hold industries, 393,707 other workers, 142,138 marginal workers, 10,073 marginal cultivators, 79,234 marginal agricultural labourers, 5,576 marginal workers in household industries and 47,255 other marginal workers.<ref name="districtcensus"/>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Dindigul district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] |value1 = 91.52 |color1 = royalblue
|label2 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value2 = 5.45 |color2 = steelblue
|label3 = [[Kannada]] |value3 = 1.69 |color3 = darkslateblue
|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.34 |color4 = gray
|thumb=left
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.52% of the population spoke [[Tamil language|Tamil]], 5.45% [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and 1.69% [[Kannada]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Tamil Nadu |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10222/download/13334/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3300.XLSX |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Politics==
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|} Dindigul district has been internally divided by culture and politics with the west like oddanchatram and Palani which have different kongu culture. And the east have different culture .

==Places of interest==
*[[Asankodai]], small village
*[[Athoor]] Dam
*[[Berijam Lake]]
*[[Dindigul Fort|Dindigul RockFort]]
*[[Kalthurai]]
*[[Kodaikanal]]
*[[Mandavadi]]
*[[Mannavanur]]
*[[Narikkalpatti]], agriculture, weaving
*[[Odaipatty]]
*[[Palani|Palani - Murugan Temple]]
*[[Pandrimalai]]
*[[Parumarathupatti]]
*[[Sirumalai]]
*[[Thirumalaigoundenvalasu]]
*[[Veerachinnampatty]]
*[[Velampatty]]<ref>{{cite web |title=VELAMPATTI PIN CODE |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/tamil-nadu/dindigul/velampatti-pincode-624617.html |website=ABP NEWS GROUP |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[Vembarpatti]]
*[[Viruveedu]]

==See also==
*[[List of districts of Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://dindigul.nic.in/ Dindigul District]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Dindigul-District-A-Profile/article15984964.ece Dindigul district – A profile – The Hindu, Monday, 15 Feb 2010]
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