Tiruvarur district is one of the
30 districtsThe state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India is divided into 32 districts, including two newly carved districts Ariyalur and Tirupur.More can be found on the sites of the individual districts which are linked from the site of the Tamil Nadu Government ....
in the
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state of
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. The district occupies an
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of 2161 km². It is lies between
Nagapattinam district on the east and
Thanjavur districtThanjavur District is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur.-Geography:...
on the west, and is bounded by the
Palk StraitPalk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay and thence with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. The strait is wide. Several...
on the south. The district headquarters is at
TiruvarurTiruvarur is a town and a municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruvarur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvarur district. Tiruvarur is one of the oldest towns which has been popular as cultural head quarters for many centuries...
town.
Demographics
According to the
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Tiruvarur district has a
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of 1,268,094 , roughly equal to the nation of
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or the US state of
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. This gives it a ranking of 382nd in India (out of a total of
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). The district has a population density of 533 PD/sqkm . Its
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.43 %. Thiruvarur has a
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of 1020
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for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rateLiteracy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
of 83.26 %.
It was 20.29% urbanised in 2001.
History
The Tiruvarur district, along with the Nagapattinam district was part of the Thanjavur district before 1991. After that, the present Taluks of Tiruvarur district and Nagapattinam district were separated from the Thanjavur district, and formed the Nagapattinam district. The present Tiruvarur district was formed in 1997 by trifurcating the then Thanjavur district. Major towns are Thiruvarur, Thiruthuraipoondi, Nachikulam, Muthupettai, Mannargudi.
Prominent people from Tiruvarur district
- N. Gopalaswami
N. Gopalaswami, is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a 1966 batch Indian Administrative Services officer belonging to Gujarat cadre.He took over the charge of CEC on June 30, 2006 and has retired in April 2009.-Early Life and Education:...
- Chief Election Commissioner
- K Anbazhagan- Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu
- T R Baalu
Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu is an Indian Tamil politician. T.R. Baalu did his BSc from New College in Madras University and diploma in drafting engineering drawings from Central polytechnic Chennai...
- Central Ministe(DMK)
- Dhanrajpillai- Indian hockey player
- Prof.Col.A.balasubramanian- Sri balaji society,Pune
- K.Balachandar - Famous Tamil director
Administration
Thiruvarur district is made up of 7 taluks namely
- Kudavasal
- Mannargudi
India census, Mannargudi had a population of 61,588. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Mannargudi has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Mannargudi, 9% of the population is under 6...
- Nannilam
Nannilam is a panchayat town in Thiruvarur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This panchayat union includes many villages.Nannilam and the surrounding area is home to many temples, including Madhuvaneshwarar Temple, an old Shiva temple which is located center of the town. The town is a...
- Needamangalam
Needamangalam is a Taluk in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 280 km east of Coimbatore and 318 km south of Chennai....
- Thiruthuraipoondi
Thiruthuraipoondi is a city and a municipality in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thiruthuraipoondi is 330 km south of Chennai, 40 km west of Nagappattinam and 65 km east of Thanjavur.- Geography :...
- Tiruvarur
Tiruvarur is a town and a municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruvarur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvarur district. Tiruvarur is one of the oldest towns which has been popular as cultural head quarters for many centuries...
- Valangaiman
Valangaiman is a panchayat town in the Valangaiman taluk of Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Geography:Valangiman is located at . It has an average elevation of...
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