Vellore pronounced [veːluːr] ) is a tier-II city and municipal corporation in the Vellore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It became a municipal corporation in August 2008. As of 2012[update], Vellore is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu in terms of population, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichi, Salem and Tirunelveli. Vellore city population is 5,02,000 (census 2011).