Kanchipuram District
Kanchipuram,
Kanchi, or
Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is a district is in the northeast of Tamil Nadu, adjacent to the
Bay of Bengal. It is bounded in the west by
Vellore and
Thiruvannamalai districts, in the north by
Thiruvallur District and
Chennai District, in the south by
Viluppuram District. 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 4,432 km² and coastline of 57 km. The town of
Kanchipuram is the district headquarters.
Mostly Vanniyar community people are occupied in this district. Sriperumbudur is located in this district.
It had a population of 2,877,468 as of 2001. It is 53.34% urbanised as per Census 2001. [
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Businesses located in this district usually serve as feeders to the gigantic Chennai district market.
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Kanchipuram District*
Chennai IQ - List of Taluks in Kancheepuram District, TN, INDIA* http://www.geocities.com/~kanchipuram
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Kanchipuram Silk Sarees*
Ekambaranatha Temple*
About Kanchi*
Homepage Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
