Chengam

Tamil Nadu from India
Municipality
Tamil Nadu from India Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°18′N 78°48′E / 12.3°N 78.8°E / 12.3; 78.8Coordinates: 12°18′N 78°48′E / 12.3°N 78.8°E / 12.3; 78.8
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvanamalai
Elevation	272 m (892 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	280,581
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	TN 25

Geography

Chengam is located at 12°18′N 78°48′E / 12.3°N 78.8°E / 12.3; 78.8.^[1] It has an average elevation of 272 metres (892 feet).

Demographics

Chengam is the biggest Taluk of Tiruvannamalai district.As of 2011 India census,^[2] Chengam had a population of 280581 with male as142089 and female as 138492. Chengam has an average literacy rate of 61.3.Child population in the age below 6 was 17210 males and 15479 females.This town is also famous for Big historic temple (Venugopala Parthasarathy Temple).

Roadways

Chengam lies on the mid-way of NH66 plying from Bangalore to Puducherry via Thiruvannamalai.It is separated from Thiruvannamalai at a distance of 35km.It is well connected with major nearby towns like Polur, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Singarapettai, Pudupalayam, Sathanur Dam, Thandarampattu and Uthangarai. Frequent buses ply from chengam to Salem, Dharmapuri, Bangalore, Hosur, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Vellore, Chennai, Polur, Uthangarai, Hogenakkal, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Vizhuppuram and Chidambaram. Local town buses ply to Sathanur Dam, Kadaladi, Kanchi, Polur, Pudupalayam, Singarapettai,Neepathurai,Mel ravanthavadi,Thaazhaiyoothu, Thandarampattu, Pachal and many other villages.

Banks

Chengam is having more government and private banks.

1)Indian Bank(Polur Main road).

2)State Bank of India(Thuruvannamalai Highway).

3)Union bank of India(Pudhupalayam).

4)ICICI Bank(Thiruvannamalai Highway).

5)Indian Overseas Bank(Opp street to Taluk office).

6)Karur Vysya Bank(Raja street).

7)Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank(Polur Main Road).

8)Thiruvannamalai co-op central Bank(Opp strret to Taluk office)

9)Bank of India(Mel pallipattu).

Education

SCHOOLS

1)Sri Rama Krishna matriculation higher secondary school.

2)Sahaya Madha matriculation higher secondary school.

3)Maharishi matriculation higher secondary school.

4)Sri Vivekananda matriculation higher secondary school.

5)Bharath matriculation higher secondary school.

6)Sri Sankara Vidhyalaya school.

7)Government Boys higher secondary school.

8)Government Girls higher secondary school.

COLLEGES

1)Government Polytechnic College(Polur main road).

2)Sri Sakthi Polytechnic College(Nachipattu,Chengam).

3)Arun Krishna Arts and Science College(Valayambattu road,Chengam).

4)Sun Arts and Science College(Thiruvannamalai Road,Chengam).

5)Meenakshi College of Education(Thiruvannamalai Road,Chengam).

Politics

Initially Chengam is an assembly constituency (SC)part of Tiruppattur (Lok Sabha constituency). From 2009,Its changed to Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency.

Places of Interest

1) Sathanur Dam (20 km).

2) Thiruvannamalai Temple (30 km).

3) Kuppanatham Dam (15 km).

4) Theerthamalai (30 km via Mel Ravanthavadi, Neepathurai).

5) Gingee Fort (60 km via Thiruvannamalai).

Factories

1) Jeppiar Milk Factory(Thiruvannamali road).

2) Government Milk Factory(Thiruvannamalai road).

References

Chengam now added in Thiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constitution from 2009 may Lok Sabha Election.