Ottapidaram taluk is a taluk of Thoothukudi district

Thoothukudi District

Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters. It is also known for Pearl cultivation with abundance of pearls found in the seas of Thoothukudi...

 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 Ottapidaram

Ottapidaram

Ottapidaram is the biggest taluk in Tamil Nadu state, India. It is a small town in Tuticorin District. Ottapidaram continues to be a tourism centre, but has accessibility with many places from Tamil Nadu...

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Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Ottapidaram had a population of 115,254 with 57,201 males and 58,043 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 75.18. The total number of households was 27,832.