Chengam

Chengam
—  township  —
Chengam
Location of Chengam
in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District(s) Tiruvanamalai
Population 23,200 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


272 metres (892 ft)

Chengam is a township in Tiruvanamalai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Geography

Chengam is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 272 metres (892 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Chengam had a population of 23,200. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chengam has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 72% and female literacy of 58%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.This town is also famous for Big historic temple (Venugopala Parthasarathy Temple which was built by Nannan Sei Nannan who ruled this place. This place is also famous for battle between British and King Nannan.

Politics

Chengam assembly constituency (SC) is part of Tiruvannamalai (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

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