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Districts of Madras in 1956 with 2009 boundaries in gray. During the British Raj, the Madras Presidency was made up of 26 districts, 12 of which were part of the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.
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Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 23.34% and 1.42% of the population, respectively. As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Tamil Nadu (out of 32), after Perambalur and Nilgiris. [10] Jayankondam is the most populated town in Ariyalur district. Tamil is the predominant language, spoken by 99.27% of the population. [13]
The city hosts the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet, a business summit organized by the Government of Tamil Nadu. [225] With about 62% of the population classified as affluent with less than 1% asset-poor, Chennai has the fifth highest number of millionaires. [226] [227] [228] Headquarters of major automobile producer Ashok Leyland in Chennai
Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram [3] (Tamil: [ʋiɻɯppɯɾam] ⓘ) is a municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district.. Located 61 kilometres (38 mi) south west of a Tiruvannamalai and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major and largest railway junction, and National Highway 45 passes through it.
The Tamil Nadu Paddy experimental station was founded in Tirur in 1942. In 1981 it was moved under the control of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and the following year renamed as Rice Research Station. It is located about 1.5 km from Sevvapet Road Railway station.
Maraimalai Nagar is a municipality town in South Chennai at Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. [1] Lying in the southern part of the Chennai metropolitan area, it is a satellite town of Chennai, the state capital, around 50 km from Downtown Chennai and about 15 km from Vandalur. It was developed by the CMDA in 1980. Many heavy industries ...