Radhapuram taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district

Tirunelveli District

Tirunelveli District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. A unique feature of this district is that it encompasses all five geographical traditions of Tamil Literature; kurinji , mullai , marudham , neithal and palai...

 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 is the town of Radhapuram.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Radhapuram had a population of 264,595 with 126,060 males and 138,535 females. There were 1099 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 82.35. The total number of households was 16,204.