Saturday, April 5, 2008

Vellore District Map

ellore district of Tamil Nadu is located between 12-15° and 13-15° Northern Latitude and between 78-20° and 79-50° Eastern Longitude. Total area of this district is 6,077 Sq. km. As per1991 census, the district has the population of 30,26,432 comprising of 15,29,944 male and 14,96,488 female populations.

Vellore district is actually an industrial region with 725 large scale industries, 13708 small scale industries and 5932 cottage industries. One of the major industries of Vellore district is leather and leather based industries.

Popular tourist destuinations of Vellore district are:
  • Vellore Fort
  • Jalakanteswarar Temple - Inside the Fort
  • Elagiri - Lake
  • Palar Anaicut Dam
  • Kavalur Observatory
  • Tippu mahal - Arcot
  • Delhi Gate - Arcot
  • Mordhana - Dam
  • Jalagamparai
  • Jalagamparai - Water Falls
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