Sirkazhi taluk is a taluk of Nagapattinam district 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 Sirkazhi

Sirkazhi

Sirkazhi , is a city and a municipality in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located just 10 km from the Bay of Bengal; 5 km from Kollidam; 20 km from Chidambaram; 250 km from Chennai and 90 km from Pondicherry.-Geography:Sirkazhi is located at...

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Sirkazhi had a population of 292,162 with 146,186 males and 145,976 females. There were 999 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.28. The total number of households was 66,089.