Second Five Year Plan(1956-61) Madras State

Abstract

The Ramanathapuram district lies between 9°5' and 10°25' of the northern latitude and 77°2' and 79°28' of the eastern longitude. This district was constituted in 1910. portions of the old Madurai and Tirunelveli districts having been taken to form the new district. It is bounded on the north by the districts of Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Tanjore, on the east by the Palk Bay, and on the south by the Gulf of Mannar and Tirunelveli district. The United State of Travancore and Cochin abuts the district on the west, on its south-western corner. It has an area of 4,825 square miles. It stretches from the Western Ghats to the Bay of Bengal. The district consists of nine taluks comprised in three revenue divisions.