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Kanchipuram
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4433.0 Km2
Population in Kancheepuram (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3990897
Male : 2010309
Female : 1980588
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 71231
In seeing : 35221
In speech : 6399
In hearing : 4945
In movement : 18932
Mental : 5734
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 269
Sex Ratio Rank : 436
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 57 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 89 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Kanchipuram District
Kancheepuram district is situated on the northern
East Coast of Tamil Nadu and is adjacent by Bay of Bengal and Chennai
city and is bounded in the west by Vellore and Thiruvannamalai district,
in the north by Thiruvallur district and Chennai district, in the
south by Villuppuram district in the east by Bay of Bangal. It lies
between 11° 00' to 12° 00’ North latitudes and 77° 28' to 78° 50'
East longitudes. The district has a total geographical area of 4,43,210
hectares and coastline of 57 Kms. Kancheepuram, the temple town
is the district headquarters. For administrative reasons, the district
has been divided into 3 revenue divisions comprising of 8 taluks
with 1214 revenue villages. For development reasons, it is divided
into 13 development blocks with 648 Village Panchayats.
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