Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli district covers 6,823 Sq. km of Tamil Nadu state. According to 2001 census, the total population of the district is 28,01,194, consisting of 13,72,082 males and 14,29,112 females. It lies between 8 degree 8 minutes and 9 degree 23minutes latitude and 77degree 9minutes and 77 degree 54minutes longitude.

The economy of Tirunelveli district is chiefly agrarian in nature and people are engaged in the cultivation of cumbu, ragi, pulses, groundnut, gingelly, coconut, chillies, indigo and cotton. It is rich in mineral resources of limestone, sulphides and ilmenite - garnet sands.

The famous tourist places of Tirunelveli district are:

    * Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve Wild Life sanctuaries
    * District Science Centre, Tirunelveli (National Council of Science Museums, Government of India)
    * Birds Sanctuary at Koonthankulam
    * Pulithevan Palace
    * Holy Trinity Cathedral (Oosi Gopuram)
    * Courtallam
    * Venkatachalapathy temple at Krishnapuram village
    * Swamy Nellaiappar Temple & Kanthimathi Ambal Temple
    * Sankaranainarkoil
    * Kappal Matha Church, Uvari
    * Pottalpudur Dargha
    * Manjolai - Hill Station

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Tamil-nadu-map

ariyalur          coimbatorec           cuddalore

dharmapuri      dindigul          erode

kanchipuram       kanniyakumari       karur

madurai             nagapattinam      namakkal

nilgiris           perambalur             pudukkottai

ramanathapuram       salem        sivaganga

tiruvallur        thanjavur                   thiruvarur

tirunelveli         tiruppur-district-map      teni

tiruvallur        tiruvannamalai           tuticorin

vellore       viluppuram         virudunagar

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