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Mettur taluk is a taluk of Salem district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Mettur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Mettur had a population of 417,460 with 217,182 males and 200,278 females. There were 922 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.91. Child population in the age group below 6 was 19,653 Males and 17,652 Females.

References

1. "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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v t e Salem District
Taluks	Attur Gangavalli Idappadi Kadyampatti Mettur Omalur Peddanayakkan Palayam Salem Salem South Salem West Sankagiri Vazhapady Yercaud
Blocks	Attur Ayothiapattinam Gangavalli Idappadi Kadaiyampatty Kolathur Konganapuram Magudanchavadi Mecheri Nangavalli Omalur Panaimarathupatti Pethanaickenpalayam Salem Sankagiri Talavasal Tharamangalam Valapady Veerapandi Yercaud
Corporations	Salem Corporation
Municipalities	Attur Edappadi Mettur Narasingapuram
Census towns	Avadattur Dalavaipatti Kondalampatti Mallamooppampatti Maramangalathupatti Masinaickenpatti Neikkarapatti Papparapatti
Town panchayats	Attayampatti Ayothiapattinam Jalakandapuram Kannankurichi Kolathur Konganapuram Mecheri Omalur P.N.Patti Pethanaickenpalayam Sankari Thammampatti Tharamangalam Vazhapadi Veerakkalpudur Belur Edaganasalai Elampillai Ethapur Gangavalli Kadayampatti Karuppur Keeripatti Mallur Panaimarathupatti Sentharapatti Thedavur Thevur Veeraganur Arasiramani Nangavalli Poolampatti Vanavasi
Revenue divisions	Attur Mettur Salem Sankari
Rivers	Cauveri Sarabanga Vashista Suvetha Thirumanimutharu
Places of interest	Jarugumalai Yercaud Kanjamalai Kurumbapatti Zoological Park Mettur Dam Shevaroy Hills Sankagiri Fort Attur Fort Kalrayan Hills

• Taluks of Salem district