| Thiruvarur district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates: | 10.7716°N 79.6368°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Metro |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal Corporations |
| Subdivision Name3: | Thiruvarur, Mannargudi, Tiruthuraipoondi, Koothanallur |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Type5: | Town Panchayats |
| Parts Type: | Talukas |
| Parts: | Kudavasal, Mannargudi, Nannilam, Needamangalam, Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur, Valangaiman, Koothanallur.Muthupettai |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Thiruvarur |
| Leader Title1: | Collector |
| Leader Name1: | Charusri I.A.S |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 1,264,277 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 610xxx |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 04366,04367 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-50(6 Taluks),TN-68(Valangaiman Taluk) |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | IUCN category |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Central location: |
Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males.
The district occupies an area of 2,161 km2. The district is bounded by Nagapattinam district on the east, Mayiladuthurai district on the north, Thanjavur District on the west, Palk Strait on the south and a small border on the northeast with the Karaikal district of the union territory Puducherry.
According to 2011 census, Thiruvarur district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 20.39% of the population lived in urban areas.[1] A total of 121,973 were under the age of six, constituting 62,280 males and 59,693 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 34.08% and 0.24% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 74.86%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[1] The district had a total of 327,219 households. There were a total of 540,168 workers, comprising 60,508 cultivators, 200,126 main agricultural labourers, 7,264 in house hold industries, 144,527 other workers, 127,743 marginal workers, 9,375 marginal cultivators, 95,062 marginal agricultural labourers, 3,176 marginal workers in household industries and 20,130 other marginal workers.[2]
Tamil is the predominant language spoken by 99.40% of the population.[3]
The Thiruvarur district, along with the Nagapattinam district was part of the Thanjavur District before 1991. After that, the present Taluks of Thiruvarur district and Nagapattinam district were separated from the Thanjavur District, and formed the Nagapattinam district. The present Thiruvarur district was formed in 1997 by bifurcating the then Nagapattinam District and joined valangaiman taluk of thanjavur district.[4] [5] Major towns are:
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Thiruvarur district is made up of Eight taluks: