Tirunelveli district was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of

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. It covered the area of the present-day districts of

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tam ...

Thoothukudi Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the capital and he ...

Tenkasi Tenkasi is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu,Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the ...

and few parts of Virudhunagar in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

Demographics

As of 1901, Tirunelveli had a population of 2,059,607 with a significant number of Muslims and

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Administration

There were four municipalities: Tirunelveli, Srivilliputtur, Tuticorin and Palayamkottai. Headquarters was Palayamkottai..

Taluks

* Ambasamudram (Area:; Headquarters: Ambasamudram) * Nanguneri (Area:; Headquarters: Nanguneri) *

Ottapidaram Ottapidaram is a small town in Thoothukudi district and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk. Ottapidaram is a tourism centre with accessibility to many places in Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi or Tirunelveli can be easily accessed from anywhere and Ot ...

(Area:; Headquarters: Ottapidaram) * Sankaranarayanankoil (Area:; Headquarters: Sankaranarayanankoil) *

Sattur Sattur or Saathur () is a town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 29,398. The town is located in the bank of Vaippar river. Sattur/Saathur taluk has contents of black soil aroun ...

(Area:; Headquarters: Sattur) * Srivaikuntam (Area:; Headquarters: Srivaikuntam) * Srivilliputtur (Area:; Headquarters: Srivilliputtur) *

(Area:; Headquarters: Tenkasi) *

(Area:; Headquarters: Tirunelveli) {{coord missing, Tamil Nadu Districts of the Madras Presidency