Vellore district
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Vellore district வேலூர் மாவட்டம் |
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| Nickname(s): temple city | |
 Location in Tamil Nadu India |
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| Coordinates: 12°54′40″N 79°8′10″E / 12.91111°N 79.13611°ECoordinates: 12°54′40″N 79°8′10″E / 12.91111°N 79.13611°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Region | Tiruvannamalai |
| Established | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Vellore |
| Talukas | Vellore, Katpadi, Vaniyambadi, Ambur, Arakkonam, Arcot, Gudiyatham, Pernambut Tirupattur, Natrampalli and Walajah |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | S A Raman IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | Pagalavan IPS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,077 km2 (2,346 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,936,331 |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 631xxx,632xxx,635601 to 635958 |
| Telephone code | 0416 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-23,TN-73,TN-83 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Largest city | Vellore |
| Sex ratio | M-50.06%/F-49.94% ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 79.65% |
| Legislature type | elected |
| Legislature Strength | 12 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vellore, Arakkonam and Thiruvannamalai |
| Precipitation | 917 millimetres (36.1 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 15.6 °C (60.1 °F) |
| Website | District administration |
Vellore district is one of the 32 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the six districts that form Tiruvannamalai region of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the biggest district in Tamil Nadu. Vellore City is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,936,331 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males.
The Government of India recently included Vellore city into prestigious smart City project along with 26 more cities.
Vellore had been under the control of Cholas of Uraiyur, Pallavas, Rashtrakutas of Malkhed, Sambuvarayar, who lived in the territory of Melakadambur which denoted in Ponniyin selvan the rulers of Vijayanagaram, Marathas, the Nawabs of the Carnatic and the British. The Vellore fort, which was probably built during the rule of Chinna Bommi Nayak (1526 to 1595 A.D.), was considered to be a strong fort during the Carnatic war in the 17th century.
The district finds an important place in the Indian freedom struggle. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1806 that took place inside the Vellore fort was seen as a prelude to the Revolt of 1857.
Men from the Vellore District fought in the British India Army and sacrificed their lives in the World Wars. This is recorded in the clock tower in the long bazaar at Vellore, raised in 1920, where an inscription reads "Vellore - From this Village 277 men went to the Great war 1914-18, of them 14 gave up their lives".
After the Indian independence in 1947, Vellore became a part of the erstwhile Madras state. The modern Vellore District was formerly part of North Arcot District, which was established by the British in the 19th century had Chittoor as its headquarters. On 1 April 1911, district was split into Chittoor district and North Arcot.
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