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Vellore District
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Vellore district is one of the 30 districts in the Tamilnadu state of India. Vellore town is the headquarters of this district. It had a population of 3,477,317 as of 2001. It is 37.62% urbanised. [1]
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Vellore District was formerly part of North Arcot District, which was established by the British in the 19th century. On 30 September 1989 the district was split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar (present-day Tiruvannamalai) and North Arcot Ambedkar districts. North Arcot Ambedkar District was renamed Vellore District in 1996.
In the 18 th Century Vellore District was the scene of some of the decisive bettles fought in Ambur (1749) A.D Arcot (1751) A.D and Vandavasi (1760A.D) as a result of the long -drawn struggle between the English and the French for Supremacy.
Vellore district has an area of 4,314 km². The district is bound on the northeast by Tiruvallur District, on the southeast by Kanchipuram District, on the south by Tiruvannamalai District, on the southwest by Krishnagiri District, and on the northwest and north by Andhra Pradesh state. Major towns in the district include Arakkonam, Arcot, Elagiri, Gudiyattam, Karigiri, Ranippettai, Sholinghur, Tiruppattur, Vaniyambadi, Vellore, and Walajapet. Kaveripakkam is a panchayat town in vellore with a 2nd largest lake in Tamil nadu.
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