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Madurai district

Madurai District
மதுரை மாவட்டம்
Madurai Mavattam
District
Pilgrimage at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 09°50′N 077°50′E / 9.833°N 77.833°E / 9.833; 77.833Coordinates: 09°50′N 077°50′E / 9.833°N 77.833°E / 9.833; 77.833
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
Municipal Corporations Madurai
Headquarters Madurai
Government
 • Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao IAS
 • Superintendent of Police Vijayendra S Bidari IPS
Area
 • Total 3,741.73 km2 (1,444.69 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,038,252
 • Density 823/km2 (2,130/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Tamil language
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 625001
Telephone code 0452
Vehicle registration TN-58,TN-59,TN-64
Coastline 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Largest city Madurai
Sex ratio ♂-50.5% / ♀-49.5%
Literacy 81.5%
Lok Sabha constituency 1
Vidhan Sabha constituency 10
Website www.madurai.tn.nic.in
Madurai
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