Vellore district
Vellore district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India.
Vellore district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,614,242 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males. In 2017 Vellore district ranked eleventh in list of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index.
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Worth seeing in and around Vellore district
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ) is a diocese located in the city of Vellore in the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. In 2017, the diocese had a population of 6.5 million people, with the main languages spoken being Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
800 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Vellore Fort
Vellore Fort is a large 16th-century fort situated in heart of the Vellore city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India built by Chinna bommi reddy and Timma reddy,nayakas under Vijayanagar empire. The fort was at one time the imperial capital of the Aravidu Dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1.4 km · 16th-century fort in India · Wikipedia - 03Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College
Bakhiyath Salihath Arabic College or Jami'ah al Baqiyath as Salihat is an Islamic college in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India established in 1857. The madrasa was founded by Aa'la Hazrat Abdul Wahhab.
1 km · Islamic college in Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 04Jalakandeswarar Temple, Vellore
Jalakandeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva which is located in the Vellore Fort, in heart of the Vellore city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
1.4 km · tourist attraction in india, Shiva temple in Vellore · Wikipedia - 05Voorhees College
Voorhees College is a college in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1898 as Arcot Mission College, when Arcot Mission High School was amalgamated to the University of Madras.
500 m · college in Vellore, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vellore district
- Airports
- Tirupati (TIR), 91 km · Chennai (MAA), 112 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 158 km
- Stations
- Vellore Cantt railway station, 900 m
- Tirupati → Vellore district79 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · ₹620–770
- Chennai → Vellore district101 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · ₹720–900
- Bengaluru → Vellore district170 km · quickest by road, 3h · ₹1,270–1,580
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vellore district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vellore district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBy autorickshaw Auto rickshaws are easily accessible and the second most common form of transportation around the city.
- Get aroundMost auto rickshaws do not work with the fare meter and therefore it is necessary to fix the tariff before taking a ride.
- Get aroundTry to hail individual auto rickshaws in traffic which are heading in the general direction of your destination.
- Get aroundBe careful about the following when you plan to undertake an auto-rickshaw trip: You don't have to pay for any empty return trips that the auto-rickshaw driver has to make once you have agreed upon a fare.
- Get aroundShare autos are an alternative mode of transport in Vellore.
From Wikivoyage: Vellore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Vellore district
- Vellorecity in Tamil Nadu, India2.5 km
- AllapuramVillage in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India1.1 km
- VirupakshipuramVillage in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India2 km
- ShenbakkamVillage in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- KonavattamVillage in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India3 km
- PalavansathuVillage in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India2 km