Krishnagiri district

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Krishnagiri District
District of Tamil Nadu
Betrayswamy Perumal Temple, Denkanikottai, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering,Rock formation in Nedungal town
Location in Tamil Nadu
Krishnagiri district
Coordinates: 12°31′4.8″N 78°12′46.8″E / 12.518000°N 78.213000°E / 12.518000; 78.213000
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	9 February 2004
Founded by	J. Jayalalithaa
Headquarters	Krishnagiri
Talukas	Krishnagiri, Hosur, Denkanikottai, Shoolagiri, Pochampalli, Uthangarai, Bargur, Anchetty
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.nic.in

Krishnagiri district is one of the 38 districts (a district in the north western 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 town in the district.