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Ramanathapuram
District of Tamil Nadu
Ramnad
Aerial view of the Rameswaram island from Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu, India
Aerial view of the Rameswaram island from Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname: 
Mugavai
Map
Ramanathapuram district
Location in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 9°23′N 78°45′E / 9.383°N 78.750°E / 9.383; 78.750
CountryRamanathapuram district India
State Tamil Nadu
MunicipalitiesRamanathapuram
Paramakudi
Rameswaram
Kilakarai
'Largest City By Population'Paramakudi[1]
'Largest City by Area'Ramanathapuram
Named forRama
HeadquartersRamanathapuram
TalukaKadaladi
Kamuthi
Kilakarai
Mudukulathur
Paramakudi
R.S.Mangalam
Ramanathapuram
Rameswaram
Tiruvadanai
Government
 • CollectorJohny Tom Varghese, IAS[2] IAS
 • Superintendent of PoliceG.Chandeesh IPS
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,353,445
DemonymRamnadians
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
623xxx
Telephone code04567
Vehicle registrationTN-65[3]
Central location:9°16′N 77°26′E / 9.267°N 77.433°E / 9.267; 77.433
Websiteramanathapuram.nic.in
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Ramanathapuram District, also known as Ramnad District, is one of the 38 districts an administrative districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The old Ramanathapuram District consists of Present day Virudhunagar and Sivagangai districts, it touches the Western ghats and bordered with the state of Kerala and east by Bay of Bengal. It was the largest district on that time. The town of Ramanathapuram is the district headquarters. Ramanthapuram District has an area of 4,123 km2. It is bounded on the north by Sivaganga District, on the northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by Thoothukudi District, and on the northwest by Virudhunagar District. The district contains the Pamban Bridge, an east–west chain of low islands and shallow reefs that extend between India and the island nation of Sri Lanka, and separate the Palk Strait from the Gulf of Mannar. The Palk Strait is navigable only by shallow-draft vessels. As of 2011, Ramanathapuram district had a population of 1,353,445 with a sex-ratio of 983 females for every 1,000 males. The district is home to the pilgrimage center of Rameswaram and tourist spot Dhanushkodi, an abandoned town.

  1. ^ C. Jaishankar (10 May 2010). "Two important towns left out of train stoppage schedule". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ "New Collector assumes charge". The Hindu. 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ www.tn.gov.in

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