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It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. [1] Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. [1] [2] Nallur is also famous for being the historical capital of the old Jaffna Kingdom and birthplace of renowned philosopher and theologian, Arumuka Navalar. [3] [4]
Kiliyur Falls is a waterfall on the Periyaaru river in the Servarayan hill range in the Eastern Ghats, Tamil nadu, India. The waters overflowing the Yercaud Lake fall 91 m (300 ft) into the Kiliyur Valley. [1] People need to walk down 200–250 steep steps from the nearest road to reach this waterfall. [citation needed]
The Periyaaru river originates from Pattipadi, Yercaud and is fed from many small streams along the way as it flows westwards. It creates the Kiliyur waterfalls at Kiliyur before reaching the Vattakaadu Eri weir. The river then continues to flow westwards, before joining the Sarabanga river.
It is located in the Shevaroy hills in the Eastern Ghats. [3] The total extent of Yercaud taluk is 382.67 km 2 (147.75 sq mi) including reserve forests. [ 4 ] It is situated at an altitude of 1,515 metres (4,970 ft) above sea level , and the highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, at 1,628 m (5,342 ft).
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It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. [1] Jaffna is approximately ten kilometres (six miles) from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity.
According to the 2011 census of India, Nallur had a population of 8714 people and was classified as a gram panchayat.This included 4393 males and 4321 females. The village had an overall literacy rate of 72.68% with male literacy and female literacy standing at 80.85% and 64.37%, respectively.
According to 2011 census, Nallur had a population of 70,115 with a sex-ratio of 965 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. [1] A total of 8,436 were under the age of six, constituting 4,408 males and 4,028 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 6.52% and .08% of the population respectively.