[1] Member of the Legislative Assembly (Tamil Nadu) is M. Senthilkumar According to 2011 census, Kallakurichi had a population of 52,508 with a sex-ratio of 984 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.

[5] The district is an agrarian with paddy, maize, sugarcane, black gram etc., as major crops.

The district is mainly rain-fed / tank irrigated along with Gomukhi and Manimuktha river dams.

[5] The climate is moderate to hot, with the maximum temperature being 39 °C and the minimum at 21 °C.

[6] Kallakurichi was given a GI Tag for “Wood Carvings” and “Sandalwood Carvings” on 2020 by Tamil Nadu Handicraft Development Corporation Ltd., “Poompuhar” (A Government of Tamil Nadu Undertaking).