| Voice of Villupuram
District : Bala

In Villupuram district women are badly affected.
Their literacy rate is very low and they need to be empowered.
Women are struggling to survive. They hardly have any employment
opportunities.
Government should focus on generating income for women.
The quality of education in government schools is very poor.
Villupuram District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 7250.0 Km2
Population in Viluppuram (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3463284
Male : 1744832
Female : 1718452
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 66071
In seeing : 32700
In speech : 5992
In hearing : 3897
In movement : 18548
Mental : 4934
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 126
Sex Ratio Rank : 468
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 72 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 307 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD

Brief About Villupuram District
Viluppuram History
Viluppuram District was earlier a part of Cuddalore
District. It was then bifurcated from Cuddalore and
became a separate district on 30th September 1993. Because
of this, the history of Viluppuram district closely resembles that
of Cuddalore.
The Cholas were the early rulers. Among these rulers,
Karikala Chola was the most famous and powerful.
For a short period, the Cholas were overthrown
by Simha Vishnu Pallava and the Region came under
the Pallava rule for sometime. Vijayalaya Chola again revived
Chola rule. This was the beginning of great Chola Empire. The later
Chola rulers were weak and the power passed on to the hands of Eastern
Chalukyas.
Cholas regained their lost position but with the
rise of Jatavarman Sundara Pandya-1 (1251 A.D),
Chola supremacy came to an end. The sway of Pandyas lasted
for over 50 years, followed by Muslim domination from 1334 to 1378
A.D. By 1378, the region came
under the rule of Vijayanagar Kingdom and Nayaks were appointed
as the rulers of the region.
In 1677 Shivaji took Ginjee
area with the assistance of Golkonda forces. Then came the Mughals.
During the Mughal regime, 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 sometime, the entire
area came under the control of East India Company. It
remained under British authority till 1947 when India became independent.
Geographical Position
Viluppuram District lies between 11 38' 25" N
and 12 20' 44" S: 78 15' 00" W and 79 42' 55" E with an area
of 722203 Hec. It was carved out from the South Arcot
District on 30.09.1993 and was rehristened as Viluppuram District.
The residual part of the erstwhile South Arcot district was named
as Cuddalore District.It is surrounded on East and South by Cuddalore
District. The West by Salem and Dharmapuri District and on
the North by Thiruvannamalai and Kanchipuram District.
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