What is Tirunelveli district?
Tirunelveli district is a district of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in [[South India|southern India]]. The city of [[Tirunelveli]] is the district headquarters. Tirunelveli District was formed on 1 September 1790<ref>http://www.edreamsinetcafe.in/tirunelveli/history.htm{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dictirunelveli.in/profile.html |title=Department of Industries and Commerce District Industries Center,Tirunelveli District |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2009-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025203616/http://www.dictirunelveli.in/profile.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the [[East India Company]] (on behalf of the British government), and comprised the present Tirunelveli and [[Thoothukudi district|Thoothukudi and thenkasi district]]s and parts of [[Virudhunagar district]] and [[Ramanathapuram district]]s. It is the second-largest district (as of October 2008), after [[Villupuram district]]. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,077,233. ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tirunelveli district| ]]