Cuddalore District Court

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Introduction :

Cuddalore District is located in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the ancient, historic district. Present Cuddalore district was newly bifurcated from South Arcot district on 30Th September 1993. The city of Cuddalore is the district headquarters; The district was named after it. History says in the year 1801 Captain Graham was took charge of the District lying between Palar and Portonovo rivers and become the first Collector South Arcot. Historic evidence available from madras district gazetteers south arcot published in 1962 reveals that the name ‘Arcot’ derived from Tamil ‘Aaru kadu’ i.e. six forests which was said to be the abode of six rishis.

Now Cuddalore district has three divisions, ten taluks, thirty two fircaks, and 905 revenue villages in revenue administration. This district has 13 panchayat unions and 683 village panchayats as rural development administration. In urban it has five Municipalities and 18 town panchayat. This District consists of nine legislative and two parliamentary constituencies. Total Geographical area of the district is 3678 Sq.km with coastal line of 68Km. stretching. Five major rivers are running in this district. The district has some small deposits of lignite that helps in production of[...]