Gangavalli taluk is a taluk of Salem district

Salem District

Salem District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Salem is the district headquarters. Other major towns in the district are Mettur, Omalur and Attur...

 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 Gangavalli

Gangavalli

Gangavalli is a panchayat town in Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.-Geography:Gangavalli is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 metres .-History:...

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Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Gangavalli had a population of 148,780 with 75,169 males and 73,611 females. There were 979 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.81. The total number of households was 38,163.