Vandiyur | |
|---|---|
town | |
  Vandiyur Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 9°54′37″N78°09′37″E / 9.91028°N 78.16028°E Coordinates: 9°54′37″N78°09′37″E / 9.91028°N 78.16028°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Madurai |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 21,464 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vandiyur is a census town in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
The Madurai district is the ninth largest in population of the 37 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the world-famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai and the oldest Islamic mosque in Madurai The Kazimar Big Mosque situated in the banks of Kiruthumal river. Thiruparankundram is one of the major tourist place in the district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,038,252 with a sex-ratio of 990 females for every 1,000 males. Aside from the city of Madurai, the larger towns are Melur, vadipatti, Peraiyur, Thirumangalam and Usilampatti. It is an important hub for various film shootings.Alanganallur is an important town in Madurai.
India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
