Tinnevely district was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the aera of the present-day districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Theni in Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

Asd of 1901, Tinnevely had a population of 2,059,607 with a significant number of Muslims and Christians.

Administration

There were four municipalities: Tinnevely, Srivilliputtur, Tuticorin and Palayamcottah.

Taluks

• Ambasamudram
  Ambasamudram taluk
  Ambasamudram taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Ambasamudram.- Population :...
  
   (Area:481 square miles (1,245.8 km²); Headquarters: Ambasamudram)
• Nanguneri (Area:730 square miles (1,890.7 km²); Headquarters: Nanguneri)
• Ottapidaram
  Ottapidaram taluk
  Ottapidaram taluk is a taluk of Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Ottapidaram.- Population :...
  
   (Area:1072 square miles (2,776.5 km²); Headquarters: Ottapidaram)
• Sankaranarayanankoil (Area:770 square miles (1,994.3 km²); Headquarters: Sankaranarayanankoil)
• Sattur
  Sattur taluk
  Sattur is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sattur.- Population :...
  
   (Area:560 square miles (1,450.4 km²); Headquarters: Sattur)
• Srivaikuntam (Area:542 square miles (1,403.8 km²); Headquarters: Srivaikuntam)
• Srivilliputtur (Area:585 square miles (1,515.1 km²); Headquarters: Srivilliputtur)
• Tenkasi
  Tenkasi taluk
  Tenkasi taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Tenkasi.- Population :According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Tenkasi had a population of 346,487 with 170,942 males and 175,945 females. There were 1027 women for every 1000 men....
  
   (Area:481 square miles (1,245.8 km²); Headquarters: Tenkasi)
• Tinnevely
  Tirunelveli taluk
  Tirunelveli taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Tirunelveli.- Population :...
  
  (Area:328 square miles (849.5 km²); Headquarters: Tinnevely)