Tiruvannamalai district
Thiruvannamalai District | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Arunachalesvara Temple at Tiruvannamalai, Seeyamangalam Jain Temple, Vandavasi & Aarani Fort, View of Eastern Ghats, Tirumalai Jain Temple | |
Location in Tamil Nadu | |
| Coordinates: 12°25′N 79°7′E / 12.417°N 79.117°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvannamalai |
| City | Tiruvannamalai |
| Municipalities | 1.Tiruvannamalai, 2.Aarani, 3.Cheyyar, 4.Vandavasi |
| Total Urban areas | 22 |
| North Arcot | 26.1.1989 |
| Named after | King Sambhuvarayar, Thiruvannamalaiyar Temple |
| Headquarters | Tiruvannamalai |
| Talukas | Tiruvannamalai, Kilpennathur, Aarani, Cheyyar, Chengam, Polur, Vandavasi, Kalasapakkam, Chetpet, Thandarampattu, and Vembakkam |
| Government | |
| • Body | District collectrate |
| • Collector | K. Tharpagaraj I.A.S |
| Area | |
| 6,191 km2 (2,390 sq mi) | |
| • Rank | Second |
| Population (2011) | |
| 2,464,875 | |
| • Rank | 4th rank in Tamil Nadu |
| • Density | 654/km2 (1,690/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,496,343 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | [[ISO 3166-2:IN|]] |
| Vehicle registration | TN-25, TN-97 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Largest city | Tiruvannamalai |
| Sex ratio | 1000:994 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 79.33% |
| Legislature Strength | 12 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Aarani and Tiruvannamalai |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Aarani, Cheyyar, Chengam, Kalasapakkam, Peranamallur, Polur, Tiruvannamalai city, Tiruvannamalai rural, Thandarampattu, Pudupalayam, chettupattu and Vandavasi |
| Precipitation | 5,646 millimetres (222.3 in) |
| Website | tiruvannamalai |
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Thiruvannamalai District (previously known as Central Arcot, Tiruvannamalai Sambhuvarayar District) is the second largest district in Tamil Nadu by area after Dindigul District and one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India. It was formed in the year 1989 through the bifurcation of North Arcot into the Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar and Vellore Ambedkar districts. The city of Tiruvannamalai is the district headquarters.
The district is divided into 12 Taluks—Arani, Chengam, Tiruvannamalai, Polur, Thandarampattu, Vandavasi, Kalasapakkam, Chetpet, Kilpennathur, Jamunamarathoor, Cheyyar and Vembakkam. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,464,875 with a sex-ratio of 994 females for every 1,000 males.