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'Cuddalore District''' ({{lang-ta|கடலூர் மாவட்டம்}}) is a district of [[Tamil Nadu]] [[Indian state|state]] in southern [[India]]. The city of [[Cuddalore]] is the district headquarters. For the first time, urn burial grave goods were found in the village of Marungur in the district, carrying inscriptions in [[Tamil Brahmi]] from the 1st century BCE.
==Geography==
The district has an area of 3,564 km². It is bounded on the north by [[Viluppuram District]], on the east by the [[Bay of Bengal]], on the south by [[Nagapattinam District]], and on the west by [[Perambalur District]].
==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Cuddalore one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the six districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=September 8, 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|accessdate=September 27, 2011}}</ref>
==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Cuddalore district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,600,880,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote =
Kuwait
2,595,62
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-09-30| quote =
Nevada
2,700,551
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 158th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 702 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.8%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Cuddalore has a [[sex ratio]] of 984 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 79.04%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population of 22,85,395 as per the Census of 2001. It is 33.01% urbanised.<ref>[http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]</ref> The district has a literacy of 71.85%. This is lesser than the state's average.
==Divisions==
In Cuddalore District, there are 7 [[taluk]]s, 13 [[Block (country subdivision)|Blocks]], 5 [[Municipality|Municipalities]] and 18 [[Town panchayat|Town Panchayats]]
==Urban centers==
Cuddalore district consists of the following urban cities:
*[[Cuddalore]] town
*[[Chidambaram]] town
*[[Panruti]] town
*[[Virudhachalam]] town
*[[Neyveli]]
*[[Vadalur]]
*[[Nellikuppam]]
*[[Melpattampakkam]]
*[[Sethiyathope]]
*[[Kattumannarkoil]]
== వెలుపలి లింకులు ==
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