[6] Men from the Vellore District fought in the British India Army and sacrificed their lives in the World Wars.

According to 2011 census, Vellore district had a population of 1,614,242 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.

[15] Vellore Revenue Division: Vellore, Katpadi, Anaicut Gudiyattam Revenue Division: Gudiyattam, Pernambut, K. V. Kuppam Proposed Taluk: Kaniyambadi Proposed Municipalities: Pallikonda Proposed Town Panchayats: Anaicut, K. V. Kuppam, Sevur, Kaniyambadi, Kondasamudram, Vinnampalli Two National Highways — NH 4 (Mumbai – Chennai) and NH 46 (Krishnagiri – Ranipet) — used to connect parts of the district to other parts of the country before renumbering of national highways in 2010.

During British rule, Tipu Sultan's family and the last king of Sri Lanka, Vikrama Rajasinha, were held as royal prisoners in the fort.

The first rebellion against British rule erupted at this fort in 1806, and it witnessed the massacre of the Vijayanagara royal family of Emperor Sriranga Raya.

[16] The Golden Temple Vellore of Sripuram (Tamil: ஸ்ரீபுரம்) is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a small range of green hills in a place known as "Malaikodi".

The temple is between Vellore-Odugathur state highway and at the southern end of the city of Vellore, at Tirumalaikodi.

[17] Yelagiri is a hill station located in Tirupattur district of the Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur road[18] at an altitude of 1,410.6 metres above mean sea level and spread across 30 km2.