Vengikkal

Vengikkal
vengi kaal
Thiruvannamalai (metro)

Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Vengikkal

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 12°12′N 79°04′E / 12.20°N 79.07°E / 12.20; 79.07Coordinates: 12°12′N 79°04′E / 12.20°N 79.07°E / 12.20; 79.07
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Elevation 171 m (561 ft)
Population (2010)
  Total 61,901
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 606 (604,605)
Telephone code 91-4175
Vehicle registration TN 25
Sex ratio 998 /
Lok Sabha constituency thiruvannamlai
Vidhan Sabha constituency thiruvannamalai north east

Vengikkal is the Suburb of Tiruvannamalai city and a Third grade municipality in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu state of Indian sub-continent.

It lies in the north of world famous Tiruvannamalai city. The Divisional and District Government offices of Tiruvannamalai including Tiruvannamalai district collectrate, Tiruvannamalai Transport division head quarters of TNSTC and Tirvannamalai Medical college are present in Vengikkal municipal limits.

Demographics

It has the population of 62,000 in 2011 census and it is 65% higher than 15,890 , its 2001 population.


Linguistic census
Linguistic groups Percent(%)
Tamil
 
69.57%
Telugu
 
21.07%
Urdu
 
2.89%
Kannada
 
8.01%
Tulu
 
3.4%
Creole
 
0.4%
Other
 
4.01%

Transport

There is one railway station called Vengikkal railway station on Katpadi-Tiruvannamalai railway route.

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