Panchalam is a village in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India, to the south line of Chennai Suburban Railway.
Viluppuram is one of the 33 districts which make up the state of Tamil Nadu, situated on the southern tip of India. The headquarters of the district is in Viluppuram. It was founded on September 30, 1993, and was formerly a part of the South Arcot district. Viluppuram is the state's biggest district. It lies between the national highways of Tiruchirappalli and Chennai. It is well-connected by rail and road, and is a major rail junction. There are several tourist spots in this district that are over 500 years old like the Gingee Fort.
Tamil Nadu, formerly Madras State, is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railway, one of the operating railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third largest in terms of commuters in India. Around 1000 EMU services are operated daily from 4.00 a.m to 12.00 a.m.
| Panchalam | |||
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| Next station northbound: Olakur | South Line, Chennai Suburban | Next station southbound: Tindivanam | |
| Stop number: 40 | KM from start: 118.59 | ||
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