Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Tamil Nadu
- Municipalities
- Viluppuram , Tindivanam , Kottakuppam
- Headquarters
- Viluppuram
- Talukas
- Gingee , Kandachipuram , Marakkanam , Melmalayanur , Tindivanam , Tiruvennainallur , Vanur , Vikravandi , Villupuram
- Collector
- C. Palani, IAS , N. Shreenatha IPS (SP)
- Total
- 3,725 km (1,438 sq mi)
- Density
- 561.9/km (1,455/sq mi)
- Official
- Tamil
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 604xxx, 6056xx, 6062xx
- Telephone code
- 04146, 04147, 04149, 04151, 04153
- Vehicle registration
- TN-16, TN-32
- Literacy rate
- 71.88%
- Website
- viluppuram .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Madras Presidency
- Capital
- Viluppuram
- Population
- 3458873
- Area
- 7250
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Puducherry district
- Official website
- viluppuram.nic.in
- Image
- Kalyana Mahal from Rajagiri.jpg
- Households
- 800368
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- Commons category
- Viluppuram district
- topic's main category
- Category:Viluppuram district
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Viluppuram district
- postal code
- 606200–606299
- male population
- 1740819
- female population
- 1718054
- urban population
- 519088
- rural population
- 2939785
- literate population
- 2195776
- illiterate population
- 1263097
- short name
- VIL
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Encyclopedic overview
Viluppuram district, also known as Villupuram district or Vizhuppuram district, is one of the 38 districts that make up the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded on 30 September 1993, prior to which it was part of the Cuddalore district. Vizhuppuram district lies in the way of the national highway connecting Tiruchirappalli and Chennai, and contains historical landmarks like the 500 year-old Gingee Fort.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viluppuram district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.