Thiruvannaamalai district
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Thiruvannaamalai District is one of the 30 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India. Thiruvannaamalai town is the district headquarters. The district is divided into 7 Taluks/: Chengam, Thiruvannaamalai, Polur, Thandarampattu, Aarani, Vandavasi and Cheyyar. Aarani is famous for silk sarees.
[edit] Demographics
The district had a population of 2,186,125 as of 2001. It is 18.33% urbanised. [1]
It has a literacy of 68.22%, one of the lowest in the state.
Thiruvannaamalai District has an area of 6,191 km². It is bounded on the north by Vellore District, on the east by Kanchipuram District, on the south by Villupuram District, and on the west by Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts.
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