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Viluppuram
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Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram (ʋiɻɯppɯɾam) is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district.
Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, and National Highway 45 passes through it. Agriculture is a main source of income. As Government of India 2011 census data indicated, Viluppuram had a population of 96,253. and the town's literacy rate has been recorded as 90.16% by Census 2011.
In 1919, Vilppuram was officially constituted as a municipality, which today comprises 42 wards, making it the largest town and municipality in Viluppuram district.
In 1677, Shivaji took Gingee area with the assistance of Golkonda forces. Later in 18th century, both the English and French acquired settlements in South Arcot. During the Anglo-French rivalry, the entire district was turned into a war land. After some time, the entire area came under the control of East India Company. It remained under British authority till 1947 when India became independent.
After independence, the district as we know it today, was part of the larger South Arcot District headquartered at Cuddalore . On 30 September 1993, Villupuram became the headquarters of the newly created Vizhuppuram District as a result of the division of the South Arcot District.
Vizhuppuram is located in 11° 56' N 79° 29' E. which is in the far southeast part of India, situated south of Chennai, north of Trichy, east of Salem, North west of Cuddalore, west of Pondicherry shares the seashore of the Bay of Bengal.
The area contains metamorphic rocks formed by pressure and heat belonging to the granite-like gneiss family. There are also three major groups of sedimentary rocks, layers of particles that settled in different geological periods. Kalrayan Hills forest park is located to the west and Gingee Hills forest park to the north. The Thatagiri Murugan Temple is about to the southeast in Senthamangalam with the Lord Siva temple in Koppampatti southwest of the town.
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