Uthangarai (Tamil: ) is a Taluk, Town Panchayat in Krishnagiri district in the Tamil Nadu state of India.Also now Uthangarai has been announced as Constituency for State Legislative Assembly Election(from the election to be held on April 13 2011), with population around 1,85,000(approximately) Also it is a Reserved Constituency . This town comprises 185 revenue villages. Uthangarai is bounded by Vellore district in the North and Thiruvannamalai district in the East, Pochampalli taluk in the West and Dharmapuri District in the South. MarchJune is summer season, JulyNovember is rainy and between December and February winter prevails. Three languages namely Tamil, Telugu and Kannada are predominantly spoken in this taluk. Major religions are Hindu, Islam and Christianity. As of 2001 India census, Uthangarai had a population of 15,393. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uthangarai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5...
