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Krishnagiri district is one of the 38 districts (a district in the northwestern part) of the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. This district is carved out from Dharmapuri District by 2004. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district headquarters. In Tamil Nadu, e-Governance was first introduced at Krishnagiri district under the National e-Governance Project (NEGP) in revenue and social welfare departments on a pilot basis.[2][3] The district is one of the largest producers of mangoes in India.[4] As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,879,809 with a sex-ratio of 958 females for every 1,000 males. Hosur is the most populous city in the district.
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Krishnagiri district | |
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   .jpg) Betrayswamy Perumal Temple, Denkanikottai, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering,Rock formation in Nedungal town | |
.svg) Location in Tamil Nadu | |
 Krishnagiri district | |
| Coordinates: 12°31′4.8″N 78°12′46.8″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Established | 9 February 2004 |
| Founded by | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Headquarters | Krishnagiri |
| Talukas | Krishnagiri, Hosur, Denkanikottai, Shoolagiri, Pochampalli, Uthangarai, Bargur, Anchetty, Thally |
| Government | |
| • District Collector | K. M. Sarayu IAS |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,879,809 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 635001 |
| Telephone code | 04343 |
| ISO 3166 code | ISO 3166-2:IN |
| Vehicle registration | TN 24, TN 70[1] |
| Website | krishnagiri |
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History
Krishnagiri district was formed as the 30th district of Tamil Nadu on 9 February 2004. It was formed by carving out five taluks and ten blocks of the erstwhile Dharmapuri district. The first collector of Krishnagiri was Mangat Ram Sharma.
Dolmens
See also: Dolmens in India and Archaeology in India
Moral Pari near Mallachandram has more than 100 dolmens.[5] The site is located 19 km (12 mi) from Krishnagiri.
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2024-2026
Constituted on 29th June, 2024 and Extended upto 31st March 2026.[8]
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Appavu | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | M. K. Stalin | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. N. Nehru | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | I. Periyasamy | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | E. V. Velu | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. Pitchandi | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | K. Ramachandran | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | R. B. Udhayakumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | S. P. Velumani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | S. Rajesh Kumar | Member | INC | |
| 13 | G. K. Mani | Member | PMK(R) | |
| 14 | Nainar Nagenthran | Member | BJP | |
| 15 | M. Sinthanai Selvan | Member | VCK | |
| 16 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 17 | T. Ramachandran | Member | INC | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Appavu | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | M. K. Stalin | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. Pitchandi | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | Anniyur Siva @ A. Sivashanmugam | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. S. Saravanakumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 8 | S. Thangapandian | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | C. Krishnamurali | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | G. Sendhil Kumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | A. K. Selvaraj | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj | Member | INC | |
| 13 | C. Sivakumar | Member | PMK | |
| 14 | Vanathi Srinivasan | Member | BJP | |
| 15 | M. Sinthanai Selvan | Member | VCK | |
| 16 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 17 | T. Ramachandran | Member | CPI | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Pitchandi | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 4 | N. Ashokkumar | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | K. Annadurai | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | M. Abdul Wahab | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | N. Eramakrishnan | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | Inigo S. Irudayaraj | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | K. Karthikeyan | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | R. Manickam | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | M. Varalakshmi | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | A. Arunmozhithevan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 13 | N. Thalavai Sundaram | Member | AIADMK | |
| 14 | Dr. Pollachi V. Jayaraman | Member | AIADMK | |
| 15 | J. G. Prince | Member | INC | |
| 16 | S. Sadhasivam | Member | PMK | |
| 17 | K. Marimuthu | Member | CPI | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Gandhirajan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | Thangam Thenarasu | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Member | INC | |
| 4 | A. P. Nandakumar | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | S. Ambethkumar | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | T. Udhayasuriyan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | T. Sadhan Thirumalaikumar | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | S. Sudharsanam | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | M. Panneerselvam | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | E. Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | P. R. G. Arunkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 19 | Sellur K. Raju | Member | AIADMK | |
| 13 | Sevvoor S. Ramachandran | Member | AIADMK | |
| 16 | O. S. Manian | Member | AIADMK | |
| 18 | R. M. Karumanikam | Member | INC | |
| 14 | S. P. Venkateshwaran | Member | PMK | |
| 17 | S. S. Balaji | Member | VCK | |
| 15 | M. Chinnadurai | Member | CPI(M) | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Chairperson | INC | |
| 2 | Thangam Thenarasu | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | S. Gandhirajan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | A. P. Nandakumar | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | P. Abdul Samad | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | G. Iyappan | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | S. Chandran | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | P. Sivakumar (a) Thayagamkavi | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | I. P. Senthil Kumar | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | R. D. Shekar | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | M. Palaniyandi | Member | DMK | |
| 13 | Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 14 | S. Sekar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 15 | Natham R. Viswanathan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 16 | K. R. Jayaram | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | Dr. C. Saraswathi | Member | BJP | |
| 18 | J. Mohamed Shanavas | Member | VCK | |
| 19 | T. Ramachandran | Member | CPI | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. P. Nandakumar | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | S. Gandhirajan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Member | INC | |
| 4 | G. Anbalagan | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | E. R. Eswaran | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | M. P. Giri | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | Durai. Chandrasekaran | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | Y. Prakaash | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | Dha. Velu | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | M. H. Jawahirullah | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | M. S. M. Anandan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 16 | Kadambur C. Raju | Member | AIADMK | |
| 18 | A. Govindasamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 14 | C. Vijaya Basker | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | G. Ashokan | Member | INC | |
| 15 | M. Sinthanai Selvan | Member | VCK | |
| 13 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G. V. Markandayan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | S. R. Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Ka. So. Ka. Kannan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | A. Krishnaswamy | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | N. Thiyagarajan | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | A. R. R. Raghuraman | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | S. Stalinkumar | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | P. Arjunan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | P. R. Senthilnathan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | E. Balasubramanian | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | E. M. Manraj | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | Tharahai Cuthbert | Member | INC | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Velmurugan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | S. Aravindramesh | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | A. R. R. Seenivasan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | G. Thalapathi | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | A. Nallathambi | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | M. Boominathan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | M. K. Mohan | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | M. Chakrapani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | R. Mani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | S. Jayakumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | S. Mangudi | Member | INC | |
| 12 | R. Arul | Member | PMK(R) | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I. Paranthamen | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | V. Amulu | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Ganapathy | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | I. Karunanithi | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | J. Karunanithi | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | P. S. T. Saravanan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. Sivagama Sundari | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | Nivedha M. Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | K. Ponnusamy (died on 23 October 2025) | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | S. Murugesan | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | P. Ramalingam | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | M. Senthilkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 13 | T. M. Tamilselvam | Member | AIADMK | |
| 14 | A. Nallathambi | Member | AIADMK | |
| 15 | A. Bannari | Member | AIADMK | |
| 16 | M. Rajamuthu | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | Pon. Jayaseelan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 18 | S. Rajakumar | Member | INC | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Ramachandran | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | K. P. Shankar | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Chinnappa | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | A. Soundarapandian | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | D. Mathiazhagan | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | O. Jothi | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | V. P. Kandasamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 8 | S. Sundararajan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | M. Jagan Moorthy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | T. Ramachandran | Member | INC | |
| 11 | M. Babu | Member | VCK | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. L. Eswarappan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | P. Karthikeyan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | T. J. Govindrajan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | A. Tamilarasi | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | A. Maharajan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | V. Sampathkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 8 | K. Maragatham | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | A. P. Jayasankaran | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | R. Radhakrishnan | Member | INC | |
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| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. Lakshmanan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | J. John Ebenezer | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | S. Kathiravan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. Devaraji | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | V. Muthuraja | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | A. C. Vilwanathan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. Ashokkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 8 | T. K. Amulkandasami (died on 21 June 2025) | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | G. Chitra | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | K. A. Pandian | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | Durai. Chandrasekar | Member | INC | |
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References
- "www.tn.gov.in" (PDF). tn.gov.in. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "e-Governance in Pilot Basis". TNeGA.
- "CM to inaugurate e-Governance scheme in Krishnagiri". The Hindu. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010.
- "Arab political world's uncertainty shakes Mango export of India". BBC. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- "Krishnagiri District Website". Krishnagiri.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Here's full list of winners". CNBCTV18. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- "Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Full list of winners". www.indiatvnews.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- "Members of the Standing Committees of the House (2024-2026)". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
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