Tiruvallur District
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Tiruvallur district is an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Thiruvallur is the district headquarters.
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[edit] Geography
It is bounded on the north by Andhra Pradesh state, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the southwest by Chennai district, and on the south by Kanchipuram and Vellore districts.
[edit] Demographics
It occupies an area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,754,756 as of 2001. It is 54.45% urbanised.[1]
[edit] Administration
The following are the Taluks of the district.
- Tiruvallur
- poonamallee
- Ambattur
- Ponneri
- Gummidipoondi
- Uthukottai
- Tiruttani
- Pallipattu
[edit] Economy
In retail spending, the Thiruvallur district emerges third in India, only after Noida and SW Delhi surpassing Bangalore and Mumbai by a clear margin.[2]
[edit] Temples
Tiruvallur is well known for the Sri Vaidya Veera Raghava Swami Temple, which is located in the center of the town. This temple one of the sacred 108 temples for Vaishnavites.
It is also nowadays famous for Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha Hanuman Ashram. A five-faced idol of Lord Hanuman is worshipped here.
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