Sivaganga district

Sivagangai District is an administrative district of state in southern. The city of is the district headquarters.

The district occupies an of 4086  and has a  of 1,155,356 (as of ). It is 28.22% urbanised. 

The district has a literacy of 72.66%, below the average for the state.

It is bounded on the north and northeast by, on the southeast and south by , on the southwest by , and on the west by , and on the northwest by.

is another important city in the district. Karaikudi known as the capital of, which includes Karaikudi and the surrounding 74 villages. Chettinad is named for the prominent "Nattukottai s" or. The Chettiars were a prosperous banking community who ventured overseas to do business in South and Southeast Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Karaikudi is also home of two famous Institutions, and CECRI (Central Electrochemical Research Institute). Sivaganga