Gandhinagar, Tiruvannamalai

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Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar-Lakshmipuram
town
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Gandhinagar
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°13′N79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11 Coordinates: 12°13′N79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2012)
  Total48,923
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
606 602{fully} ,606 610 & 606 603 {partly}.
Telephone code91(04175)-
Vehicle registration TN-25
Rainfall76
Avg. summer temperature41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature18 °C (64 °F)
Website www.injimedu.in

Gandhinagar-lakshmipuram is 3rd grade municipality in thiruvannamalai UA, constructed in the year 2002 from the former gandhinagar special grade town panchayat and laskmipuram area carved out from the thyagi annamalai nagar town panchayat of thiruvannamalai UA. Many new peoples considers Gandhinagar is the part of thiruvannamalai city but it only serves as a part of Thiruvannamalai UA.It spreads out on the Tindivanam and Pondicherry(via:villupuram & vettavalam)roads of thiruvannamalai UA.

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Demographics

In 2001 gandhinagar has population of 30 thousand and in 2002 after joining of lakshmipuram {population :11000] it was totally 41000. Gandhinagar have a population of over 36 thousand and lakhmipurm have more than 15000 people totally this town having population of over 51000 providing sub urban to Tiruvannamalai urbanity. it comes under Tiruvannamalai urban agglomerations on Pondicherry Road NH 66 and Villupuram Road NH 234. There are two railway stations for Gandhinagar: one is "Gandinagar-Lakshmipuram" and another is Old Gandinagar at Villupuram - Pondicherry railway route.

Linguistic census
Linguistic groupsPercent(%)
Tamil
70.57%
Kannada
5.07%
Urdu
4.79%
Telugu
15.01%
Tulu
2.01%
Creole
0.4%
Malay
0.13%
Other
2.01%
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1901~100    
19812,450    
199121,057+759.5%
200141,430+96.8%
201163,327+52.9%
Sources:
  • 1951 – 2001 [1]

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References

  1. "Population Details". Tiruvannamalai municipality. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.