- Tiruvarur district
Tiruvarur district is one of the 30 districts in the
Tamil Nadu state ofIndia . The district occupies anarea of 2161 km². It is lies betweenNagapattinam district on the east andThanjavur district on the west, and is bounded by thePalk Strait on the south. The district headquarters is atTiruvarur town.Demographics
The district has a
population of 1,169,474 (as of2001 ). It is 20.29% urbanised. [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]It has a literacy of 76.90%, slightly higher than the state average.
History
The Tiruvarur district, along with the Nagapattinam district was part of the Thanjavur district before 1981. After that, the present
Taluk s 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 bifurcating the then Nagapattinam district. Major towns are Thiruvarur, Thiruthuraipoondi, Muthupettai, Mannargudi.Prominent people from Tiruvarur district
*
M. Karunanidhi - Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
*Mr. Gopalaswami - Chief Election Commissioner
*Mr.Vedhanayagam Haridoss - Governor of TiruvarurAdministration
Thiruvarur district is made up of 7 taluks namely
*Kudavasal
*Mannargudi
*Nannilam
*Needamangalam
*Thiruthuraipoondi
*Tiruvarur
*Valangaiman External links
* [http://www.tiruvarur.tn.nic.in Tiruvarur District]
* [http://www.srithiyagarajatemple.org/Thiyagarja-Temple-Thiruvarur.asp About Thiruvarur & Sri Thiyagaraja Temple Thiruvarur]
* [http://www.adiyakkamangalam.com Adiyakkamangalam]
* [http://www.adiyakkamangalam.com/adiyarkaimail Adiyakkamangalam Mail]
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