Location :
The Virudhunagar District is located between 11°00’ and 12°00’ north latitudes and 77°28’ and 78°50’ east longitudes. It has an area of about 4243 square kilometers. It is bound on the East by the Western Ghats, on the North by Madurai district, on the North–East by
Sivagangai district, on the East and the South-East by Ramanathapuram district and on the South by Thoothukkudi District. The location map of the Virudhunagar district is shown in Plate No 1.
Area and Population
According to the Director of Statistics, Chennai, the district covers an area of 4243 square kilometers or 1638 square miles. Virudhunagar district occupies the fifteenth rank among the districts of the State of Tamil Nadu with regard to its size. The population of the district is 15, 4 65,037. Of this total population, 7, 84,912 (50.15 per cent) are males and the remaining 7, 80,125 (49.85 per cent) are females.
