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Cuddalore district
District of Tamil Nadu in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Cuddalore.
Cuddalore District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
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Cuddalore district | |
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Top: Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram, Boats in Cuddalore Mid: Fields in Ganapathikurichi, Gate of Annamalai University Bottom: Mangroves in Pichavaram | |
![]() Location in Tamil Nadu | |
Coordinates: 11°45′0″N 79°45′0″E | |
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Headquarters | Cuddalore |
Taluks | Bhuvanagiri, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Kattumannarkoil, kurinjipadi, Panruti, Titakudi, Srimushnam, Veppur, Vriddachalam |
Government | |
• District Collector | Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar, I.A.S,[1] IAS |
• Superintendent of Police | S. Sakthi Ganesan,[2] IPS |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,605,914 |
• Density | 702/km2 (1,820/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 607xxx |
Telephone code | 91 04142 |
ISO 3166 code | ISO 3166-2:IN |
Vehicle registration | TN-31,TN-91[3] |
Largest city | Cuddalore |
Nearest city | Pondicherry, Chennai |
Sex ratio | 984 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 79.04% |
Legislature type | elected |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Cuddalore |
Avg. summer temperature | 41 °C (106 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Website | cuddalore |
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