Tirunelveli district

Also known as Tirunelveli Kattabo, Tinnevelle District, Tinnevelly district

district of Tamil Nadu, India

Key facts

Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
District formed on: 1 September 1790 ; 235 years ago ( 1790-09-01 )
Headquarters: Tirunelveli
Talukas: Ambasamudram , Nanguneri , Palayamkottai , Radhapuram , Tirunelveli , Cheranmahadevi , Manur , Thisayanvilai
Type: District Administration
Body: Tirunelveli District Collectorate
Collector: R. Sukumar, IAS
Superintendent of police: P.Saravanan, I.P.S.
Total: 3,907 km (1,509 sq mi)
Density: 410.5/km (1,063/sq mi)
Official: Tamil

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Tirunelveli district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is the 17th-largest district in terms of area with Tirunelveli as its headquarters. The district was formed on 1 September 1790 by the British East India Company (on behalf of the British government) and comprised the present Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and parts of Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram district. As of 2011, the undivided district (along with Tenkasi) had a population of 30,77,233.

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