Vellore district
The district Vellore (Tamil: வேலூர் மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Administrative center of the district is the eponymous town of Vellore.
Geography
The district Vellore is located inland in the north Tamil Nadu at the border of the neighboring Federal State of Andhra Pradesh. Neighboring districts are Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram in the east, in the south of Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri in the west ( all in Tamil Nadu ) and belonging to Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in the north.
With an area of 6,081 square kilometers, the district Vellore is one of the largest districts of Tamil Nadu. The district area is drained by the river Palar. In the north, the Tirupati Hills, part of the Eastern Ghats form the natural border with Andhra Pradesh. South of the Palar Valley are the Javadi Hills, reach heights of up to 1,150 meters.
The district Vellore is divided into nine taluks Tirupathur, Vaniyambadi, Ambur, Gudiyatham, Katpadi, Vellore, Arcot, Wallajah and Arakonam.
History
In the Middle Ages the territory of today's Vellore district was under the rule of the Pallava, Rashtrakuta, Chola and Vijayanagar Empire of. Founded in 1690, Zulfikar Khan, a general of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the dynasty of the Nawabs of Karnataka, who ruled from Arcot, a large portion of South India. While the Karnataka - wars in which Britain and France were struggling for supremacy in South India in the 18th century, found fighting took place in the territory of the district. In the Battle of Arcot, the British defeated under Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive in 1751 the French troops and strengthened as a result their influence over the area before the Nawab in 1781 ceded its sovereignty.
After the British had brought the area of Vellore under their rule, they annexed it as part of the district of North Arcot in the province of Madras. After the Indian independence in 1956, the area was a part of the newly formed State of Madras (now Tamil Nadu ). 1989, the District of North Arcot was in the districts of North Arcot Ambedkar (now Vellore district ) (now Tiruvannamalai district ) divided and Tiruvannamalai - Sambuvarayar.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Vellore has 3,928,106 inhabitants. In terms of population it is the third largest district of Tamil Nadu. Compared to the last census in 2001 the population had grown by 13.0 per cent, slightly slower than in the center of Tamil Nadu ( 15.5 per cent). The population density is 646 inhabitants per square kilometer above the average of the state ( 555 inhabitants per square kilometer). 43.1 percent of the residents of the district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is slightly lower than the average of Tamil Nadu ( 48.5 per cent). The literacy ratio, which was 79.7 percent of the average for the state ( 80.3 percent).
The population of the district make Hindus according to the 2001 census 86.8 percent of the vast majority. The largest minority are Muslims, whose population is higher by 10.1 percent than in most areas of Tamil Nadu. To profess Christianity 2.9 percent of the population. Besides Tamil, the main language of Tamil Nadu in the district of Vellore also spoken in neighboring Andhra Pradesh Telugu is widespread.