Chittoor District
CHITTOOR DISTRICT By R. Raj kumar. Santhapet, Chittoor.(517004) 1 CHITTOOR About Chittoor district: Chittoor District also known as Chittur, is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state in the Rayalaseema region. The district headquarters is Chittoor City. The district has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. Chittoor district is famous for the Tirupati, Kanipakam (TalaKona & Horsilly Hills)and Sri Kalahasti temples. It lies in the Poini river valley of southernmost Andhra Pradesh, on the NH4 Bangalore–Chennai highway. It is a major market center for mangoes, grains, sugarcane, and peanuts. Major industries around the city are Amaron Batteries, nation's leading automobile batteries, and Nutrine Confectioneries, a major chocolate/candies producer, and this city is one of the major granite and mango pulp producing centers of India. The word Chittoor comes from chittroor (meaning "small town") in Tamil language and also from chittadavula ooru ("dense forest" in Telugu). History: Chittoor District was formed on 1 April 1911, taking Chittoor, Palamaneru, Chandragiri from the then North Arcot District of Tamil Nadu and Madanapalli, Vayalpadu from Cuddapah and Punganur, Sri Kalahasti, Karvetinagar from Zamindari provinces to form united Chittoor district. Later in the late 1960s about 280 villages of chittoor district were added into the then Kanchipuram district andThiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu through the demands of Ma.Po.Sivagnanam and other leaders. Geography: Chittoor is a part of Rayalaseema. The district occupies an area of 15,359 square kilometres. The district is bounded by Anantapur District to the northwest, Cuddapah District to the north, Nellore District to the northeast, Krishnagiri District, Vellore District and Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu state to the south, andKolar District of Karnataka state to the west.
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