Vennanthur

{{Infobox settlement | name = Vennanthur | nickname =  | settlement_type = Town panchayat | image_skyline = Vennandur.jpg.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Aerial view of Vennanthur from Alavaimalai | pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India | coordinates = {{coord|11|31|14|N|78|05|14|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Tamil Nadu | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Namakkal | subdivision_type3 = Taluk | subdivision_name3 = Rasipuram | subdivision_type4 = Union | subdivision_name4 = Vennandur block | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = Vennanthur people | named_for = | government_type = Town panchayat Council | governing_body = Vennanthur Town panchayat |leader_title1 = Chief Minister |leader_name1 = M.K.Stalin |leader_title2 = Namakkal M.P. |leader_name2 = A.K.P.CHINRAJ |leader_title3 = Rasipuram M.L.A |leader_name3 = Dr.M.Mathiventhan |leader_title4 = Town Panchayat Chairman |leader_name4 = R.S.S. RAJESH | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = '''14568'''<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://townpanchayat.in/vennandur|title=Vennandur Town Panchayat-|first=directorate of town|last=panchayat|website=townpanchayat.in}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Tamils, Indian | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Tamil (தமிழ்) | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 637505 | area_code = +91-4287 | registration_plate = '''TN-28Z''' | website = | footnotes = }} '''Vennanthur''' or '''Vennandur''' is a town panchayat and Vennandur block<ref name="Vennandur union 2011">{{cite web |url = https://www.tnrd.gov.in/databases/census_of_india_2011TN/pdf/08-namakkal.pdf| title = Vennandur union 2011}}</ref> in Rasipuram taluk of Namakkal district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

== Geography == Vennanthur is located at 11.5206° N, 78.0872°E.<ref name = "VNR TP">{{cite web |url = https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Vennandur,+Tamil+Nadu+637505/@11.5147717,78.0831062,2736m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3babe6370c2be2d7:0xc0d6099c5aa18650 | title = VNR TP}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 218 metres (726 ft). Vennandur lake<ref name="Lake">{{cite web |url = http://wikimapia.org/9401672/Vennandur-Lake-Ecosystem | title = Lake}}</ref> is located west of the town. Vennandur is close to the Alavaimalai Hills, which are part of the Eastern Ghats. The closest river is the Thirumanimutharu River,<ref name="Thirumanimutharu River">{{cite web|url=http://www.namakkal.tn.nic.in/nkl.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928180302/http://www.namakkal.tn.nic.in/nkl.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-28|title = Thirumanimutharu River}}</ref> which rises on Mount Yercaud. Namakkal, the district capital, is located around 39 km from Vennanthur. Chennai, the state capital, is located around 370 km from Vennanthur.

{{Geographic location |Centre = Vennanthur |North = Minnakkal |Northeast = Anandagoundampalayam |Northwest = Attayampatti, Thirumanimutharu River Salem District border |East = Alavaipatti |Southwest = Mathiyampatti |South =Semmandapatti |Southeast = Nadupatti |West = Nachipatti }}

==Demographics== Vennanthur is divided into 15 wards,<ref name="auto"/> for which elections are held every 5 years. The Vennanthur Town Panchayat had a population of 14,568 as of the 2011 census, of which 7,427 are males and 7,141 are females, a female sex ratio of 961 against the Tamil Nadu state average of 996. The population of children aged 0–6 was 1328, which was 9.12% of the total population; the child sex ratio was around 884 compared to the state average of 943. The literacy rate was 73.44%, lower than the state average of 80.09%: male literacy was around 81.64% and female literacy 64.99%.<ref name="census 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803487-vennanthur-tamil-nadu.html| title = census 2011}}</ref>

{{bar box|title=Religious census|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Religion|right1=Percent(%)|float=right|bars={{bar percent|Hindu|Orange|96.04}}{{bar percent|Muslim|Green|3.51}}{{bar percent|Christian|purple|0.41}}{{bar percent|Sikh|yellow|0.0}}{{bar percent|Buddhist|Gold|0.0}}{{bar percent|Jain|Blue|0.0}}{{bar percent|Other|grey|0.02}}{{bar percent|No religion|violet|0.02}}}}

===Panchayat villages=== There are 24 villages in the panchayat union:<ref name="Vennandur Union">{{cite web|url = http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=09&blk_name=Vennandur&dcodenew=8&drdblknew=15|title = Vennandur Union|access-date = 23 March 2016|archive-date = 7 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407223719/http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=09&blk_name=Vennandur&dcodenew=8&drdblknew=15|url-status = dead}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *Anandagoundampalayam *Akkaraipatti *Alampatti *Alavaipatti *Kallankulam *Kattanachampatti *Keelur *Kuttaladampatti *Mathiyampatti *Mattuvelampatti *Minnakkal *Moolakadu *Nachipatti *Naduppatty *No 3 Komarapalayam *O Sowthapuram *Palanthinnipatti *Pallavanayakanpatty *Ponparappipatti *R Pudupalayam *Semmandapatti *Thengalpalayam *Thottiyapatti *Thottiyavalasu }}

== Education == * Sri Vengateswaraa Polytechnic College<ref name="SVPC Vennanthur">{{cite web |url = http://www.srivengatesh.org| title = SVPC Vennanthur}}</ref> * Sri Vengateswaraa Matriculation Higher Secondary school

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Category:Cities and towns in Namakkal district Category:Vennandur block