Tiruvarur District

Tiruvarur District

Tiruvarur district is one of the 30 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. The district occupies an area of 2161 km² and has a population of 1,169,474 (as of 2001). It is 20.29% urbanised. [1] It is lies between Nagapattinam district on the east and Thanjavur district on the west, and is bounded by the Palk Strait on the south. The district headquarters is at Tiruvarur town.

History

The Tiruvarur district, along with the Nagapattinam district was part of the Thanjavur district before 1981. After that, the present taluks of Tiruvarur district and Nagapattinam district were separated from the Thanjavur district, and formed the Nagapattinam district. The present Tiruvarur district was formed in 1997 by bifurcating the then Nagapattinam district.

Prominent people from Tiruvarur district

* M. Karunanidhi - DMK Chief

Administration

Thiruvarur district is made up of 7 taluks namely
*Kudavasal
*Mannargudi
*Nannilam
*Needamangalam
*Thiruthuraipoondi
*Tiruvarur
*Valangaiman

External links

*Tiruvarur District
*About Thiruvarur & Sri Thiyagaraja Temple Thiruvarur