Tiruvannamalai district
Taluk Headquarters Area Population ( 2011 ) Pop density
1 Polur Polur 509 km 251,685 645 /km
2 Tiruvannamalai-Urban Tiruvannamalai 102 km 409,826 3,382 /km
3 Tiruvannamalai-Rural Kul Pennathur 102 km 169,759 3,382 /km
4 Thandarampattu Thandarampattu 691 km 179,559 593 /km
5 Arani Arani 327 km 294,976 673 /km
6 Cheyyar Tiruvethipuram 344 km 218,188 618 /km
7 Kalasapakkam Kalasapakkam 532 km 140,301 618 /km
8 Javvadhumalai Jamunamarathoor 645 km 47,271 291 /km
9 Vandavasi Vandavasi 645 km 275,079 652 /km
10 Chengam Chengam 510 km 280,581 639 /km
11 Chettupattu Chettupattu 493 km 146,806 588 /km
12 Vembakkam Vembakkam 310 km 124,188 581 /km
Demographics
According to 2011 census , Tiruvannamalai District had a population of 2,464,875 with a sex-ratio of 994 females for every 1,000 males , much above the national average of 929 . [ 3 ] A total of 272,569 were under the age of six , constituting 141,205 males and 131,364 females . Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 22.94% and 3.69% of the population respectively . The average literacy of the district was 66.% , compared to the national average of 72.99% . [ 3 ] The district had a total of 588,836 households . There were a total of 1,238,177 workers , comprising 265,183 cultivators , 351,310 main agricultural labourers , 37,020 in house hold industries , 316,559 other workers , 268,105 marginal workers , 27,458 marginal cultivators , 173,753 marginal agricultural labourers , 9,700 marginal workers in household industries and 57,194 other marginal workers . [ 4 ] Tiruvannamalai District has an area of 6,191 km2 . It is bounded on the north by Vellore District and Tirupattur District , on the east by Kanchipuram District , on the south by Villupuram District , and on the west by Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts . Tiruvannamalai District is divided into 3 sub districts ( Arani , Tiruvannamalai & Cheyyar ) , twelve taluks , 27 blocks and 1,061 villages covering an area of 631,205 ha . The twelve taluks of Tiruvannamalai are listed below :
Tiruvannamalai district (previously known as North Arcot Tiruvannamalai) is the largest and one of the 37 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India. It was formed in the year 1989 through the bifurcation of North Arcot into the Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar and Vellore Ambedkar districts. The city of Tiruvannamalai is the district headquarters. The district is divided into 12 Taluks - Arani, Chengam, Tiruvannamalai, Polur, Thandarampattu, Vandavasi, Kalasapakkam, Chetpet , Kilpennathur, Jamunamarathoor, Cheyyar and Vembakkam. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,464,875 with a sex-ratio of 994 females for every 1,000 males.