Tiruvarur district
The district Tiruvarur (Tamil: திருவாரூர் மாவட்டம், also: Thiruvarur ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Tiruvarur.
Geography
The district Tiruvarur is located in central Tamil Nadu and takes the middle part of the Kaveri delta one. The flat and fertile land is intersected by numerous arms of this estuary largest stream of Tamil Nadu. In the south, the district has a short coastline on the area between India and Sri Lanka Palkbucht. Neighboring districts are Thanjavur in the west and in the east of Nagapattinam and of belonging to the union territory of Pondicherry Karaikal district.
The area of the district Tiruvarur is 2,379 square kilometers. The district is divided into seven taluks Valangaiman, Kodavasal, Nannilam, Tiruvarur, Needamangalam, Mannargudi, and Tiruthuraipoondi and.
History
The Kaveri delta was the heartland of the Chola Empire, which had as its capital from the 9th to the 13th century, Thanjavur ( Tanjore ). From the 16th century initially dominated the Nayaks and later the Maratha kings of Thanjavur the area. 1799 annexed the British the Kingdom of Thanjavur and annexed the area as a district Thanjavur ( Tanjore ) in the Province of Madras one. After Indian independence, the area came in 1956 to the newly formed State of Madras (now Tamil Nadu ). 1991 split from the district of Thanjavur Nagapattinam. 1997 turn of Tiruvarur district of six taluks of the district of Nagapattinam and Thanjavur taluk of the district was formed.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Tiruvarur has 1,268,094 inhabitants. The population growth are relatively low in comparison to the last census in 2001 the population had increased only by 8.4 percent, while the total population of Tamil Nadu grew by 15.5 percent in the same period. The population density of the district Tiruvarur corresponds with 533 inhabitants per square kilometer, the average Tamil Nadu ( 555 inhabitants per square kilometer). Here, the district is defined clearly rural: only 20.4 percent of the population live in cities. The degree of urbanization is significantly lower than in the middle of the state ( 48.5 percent). The literacy rate is 83.3 percent above the average of about Tamil Nadu ( 80.3 per cent). Because of the fertility of the soil in the Kaveri delta, agriculture plays an important role: According to the 2001 census, 72.0 percent of the population are employed in the agricultural sector.
The population of the district are the Hindus according to the 2001 census, 90.0 percent, a large majority. The largest minority, Muslims constitute 7.1 percent, to Christianity only 2.8 percent of the population profess.
Attractions
The district Tiruvarur has a high density of important Hindu temples. In the main town of Tiruvarur, the god Shiva is dedicated to Tyagaraja Temple. The temple complex is spread over eight acres, next to it is the Kamalalayam pond, with ten hectares one of the largest temple ponds of India. The city has Mannargudi with the Rajagopala temple a large Vishnu temple. In Alangudi, is also located one of the nine Navagraha Temple, a group of Hindu temples in the Kaveri Delta, with the heavenly bodies ( Navagrahas ) are associated.