Vellore district
Vellore District | |
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Palar river near Vellore | |
| Nickname: Fort City | |
Location in Tamil Nadu | |
| Coordinates: 12°54′40″N 79°8′10″E / 12.91111°N 79.13611°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Region | Vellore |
| Established | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Vellore |
| Talukas | Vellore, Anaicut, Katpadi, Gudiyatham, Pernambut, K.V Kuppam |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | V.R. Subbu laxmi IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | S. Rajesh Kannan IPS |
| • District Forest Officer | R. Murugan IFS |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,030.11 km2 (783.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,614,242 |
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 0416 |
| Vehicle registration | 'TN-23 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Largest city | Vellore |
| Sex ratio | M-50.06%/F-49.94% ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 79.65% |
| Legislature type | elected |
| Legislature Strength | 5 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vellore |
| Precipitation | 917 millimetres (36.1 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 15.6 °C (60.1 °F) |
| Website | District |
Vellore District (Tamil: [ʋeːluːɾ]) is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,614,242 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males. In 2017 Vellore district ranked eleventh in list of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index.
The Government of India recently included Vellore city in its prestigious smart city project, along with 26 other cities.