Tiruvallur district

The name "Tiruvallur" is supposedly derived from the Tamil sentence "tiru evvull?" from "Tiru" (highness – a common prefix in South India for temple towns or cities) and "evvull" (where do I sleep?). Thus, Tiruvallur refers to a place/town where the god Veera Raghavar asked a saint for a place to sleep for a night. Tiruvallur was originally known as Tiru-evallur, which specifies the sleeping position of the Vishnu or "Perumal", in the Veeraraghava Temple of Tiruvallur. Later, people began to refer to it by names such as Trivellore and Tiruvallur. Today, Tiruvallur is well known, one of the reasons being the Veeraraghava Temple, where Amavasya (new moon) is considered an auspicious day for the lord and so for the people of the town. ==Governance==

Revenue divisions and taluks Tiruvallur District consists of three revenue divisions and nine taluks: • Ponneri Revenue Division – Ponneri taluk, Gummidipoondi taluk • Tiruvallur Revenue Division – Uthukkottai taluk, Tiruvallur taluk, Poonamallee taluk, Avadi taluk • Tiruttani Revenue Division – Tiruttani taluk, Pallipattu taluk, RK Pet taluk Avadi, Poonamallee, taluks lie within the Chennai Metropolitan Area. Revenue blocks The following are the Panchayat Unions / revenue blocks of the district. • Ellapuram • Gummidipoondi • Kadambathur • Minjur • Pallipattu • Poonamallee • Poondi • Pulal • R.K.Pet • Sholavaram • Tiruvallur • Tiruttani • Thiruvalangadu • Villivakkam Municipal corporation and municipalities There is one municipal corporation in Tiruvallur District. • Avadi There are five municipalities: • Tiruvallur • Ponneri • Thiruthani • Veppampattu • Naravarikuppam (Red Hills) The following are the Town Panchayats of the district. • Thirumazhisai • Uthukottai • Gummidipoondi • Minjur • Arani • Pallipattu • Pothatturpettai • Athipattu (including North Ennore) • Padianallur • Kadambathur Proposed Municipalities: • Thirumazhisai • Minjur • Gummidipoondi Proposed Town Panchayat: • Sholavaram • Pulicat • Ramakrishnarajapet • Thiruvalangadu • Poondi • Ellapuram == Politics ==

It is bounded on the north by Tirupati and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh state, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the southeast by Chennai district, on the south by Kanchipuram districts, on the northwest by Vellore and on the west by Ranipet district. The coastal region of the district is mostly flat; but in the other parts it is undulating and even hilly in some places. The northern taluks of the district like Ponneri, Uttukkottai, Gummidipundi etc. do not have much to offer from the scenic point of view. In the Tiruttani taluk, a number of hillocks are found scattered. The soil of the district is mostly sandy, mixed with soda or other alkali or stony. Rocks found in and near the surface are in detached masses. Hence, the soil can't be termed as very fertile. The soil found nearer the sea coast is of the inferior ericaceous type which is most suited for raising casuarinas plants. No mineral of any importance is available in the district. There are not many hills of any considerable height in this district. A few conical hills or ridges of small elevation exist like the St. Thomas Mount. Certain hillocks are found in Tiruttani. Most of the hills and hillocks are rocky and no verdant vegetation is seen in the slopes of these hills. The area under forests in this district is quite meager. The average normal rainfall of the district is 1104 mm. Out of which 52% has been received during Northeast Monsoon period and 41% has been received during Southwest Monsoon period. ==Demographics==

According to the 2011 census, Thiruvallur district had a population of 3,728,104 with a sex-ratio of 987 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 405,669 were under the age of six (208,449 males and 197,220 females). Scheduled Castes and Scheduhled Tribes accounted for 22.04% and 1.27% of the population respectively. The average literacy rate of the district was 74.88%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. After the addition of large parts of the district to Chennai district, in 2021, the district has a population of 2,721,363 of which rural was 2,025,361 and urban 696,012. ==Economy==

Tiruvallur district is one of the fastest developing districts in Tamil Nadu in terms of industrial development. The district has many leading industries like Kamarajar Port, North Chennai Thermal Power Station, National Thermal Power Corporation, L&T Ship Build, NIOT, ITC, IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Hindustan Motors and CPCL, Ennore (Tondiarpet). It also has the Ennore Thermal Power Station and the Avadi tank factory. In retail spending, the Thiruvallur district emerges third in India, only after Noida and SW Delhi surpassing Bangalore and Mumbai by a clear margin. The district has nine industrial estates, six developed by the government and three by private organisations. Government industrial estates • Electrical Industrial Estate, Kakalur. • SIDCO Industrial Estate, Kakalur • Petrochemical Industrial Estate, Vichoor • SIDCO Industrial Estate, R.K. Pet • SIDCO Industrial Estate, Gummidipoondi • SIDCO Industrial Estate, Thirumazhisai Private industrial estates • M.M.Industrial Estate, Alapakkam • Moccaram Industries, Velappan Chavadi • Ekambara Naicker Industrial Estate, Alapakkam The district has 16,940 small scale industries, notable among them being food, wood, textile, chemical, engineering, non-metallic and leather industries. ==See also==