Salem District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the district include Mettur, Thammampatti, Attur, Omalur, Sangagiri and Edappadi. That Salem dates to at least two thousand years ago is evident from the discovery of silver coins from the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (37–68 CE) found by Koneripatti of Salem in 1987. It was ruled by Mazhavar King Kolli Mazhavan and kings Adhiyaman and Valvil Ori of Sangam age. It is part of Mazhanadu, a vast region that dates to the second century BCE. Salem was the largest district of Tamil Nadu. It was bifurcated into Salem and Dharmapuri districts in 1965 and Namakkal district in 1997. Now Salem has been developed a lot by building many bridges and is considered to be the smart city. Salem is famous for cultivating mangoes. Politics |} Administration There are 4 revenue divisions, 13 taluks, 1 municipal corporation, 6 municipalities, 21 revenue blocks, and 32 town panchayats in Salem district. Revenue divisions Salem Attur Mettur Sangagiri Taluks Attur taluk Gangavalli taluk Idappadi taluk Kadayampatti taluk Mettur taluk Omalur taluk Peddanayakkan Palayam taluk Salem taluk Salem South taluk Salem West taluk Sangagiri taluk Vazhapadi taluk Yercaud taluk Thalaivasal taluk Municipal corporations and municipalities Salem City Municipal Corporation Edappadi Attur Mettur Narasingapuram Tharamangalam Edanganasalai Revenue blocks Salem Veerapandi Thalaivasal Gangavalli Panaimarathupatti Ayothiapattinam Valapady Yercaud Attur Pethanaickenpalayam Nangavalli Mecheri Kolathur Omalur Tharamangalam Kadayampatti Sangagiri Magudanchavadi Konganapuram Edappadi Veppampoondi Town Panchayats Ayothiapattinam Gangavalli Thammampatti Attayampatti Jalakandapuram Elampillai Kannankurichi Kolathur Konganapuram Mecheri Omalur Panaimarathupatti Pethanaickenpalayam Sivathapuram Vazhapadi Veerakkalpudur Thiruvelviyur(a) Belur Edaganasalai Kadayampatti Karuppur Keeripatti Mallur Sentharapatti Thedavur Thevur Veeraganur Ethapur Arasiramani Nangavalli Poolampatti Attur Demographics According to 2011 census, Salem district had a population of 3,482,056 with a sex-ratio of 954 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 344,960 were under the age of six, constituting 180,002 males and 164,958 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.67% and 3.43% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 72.86%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had a total of 915,967 households. There were a total of 1,694,160 workers, comprising 247,011 cultivators, 396,158 main agricultural labourers, 132,700 in household industries, 785,161 other workers,