Vasudevanallur

Vasudevanallur Town of sugarcane
Town
Nickname:  vasu
Vasudevanallur Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 9°14′N77°25′E / 9.23°N 77.42°E / 9.23; 77.42
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
• Rank	1
Elevation	178 m (584 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,361
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode	627758
Vehicle registration	TN 79

Vasudevanallur is a town panchayat located 37 km from Tenkasi, The district headquarter in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ^[1] The town is a lushy green town situated on the eastern foothills of Western Ghats. The Majority people of this town belong to farming community. The town is well known especially for cultivation of paddy, sugarcane, lemon etc.,

Geography

Vasudevanallur is located at 9°14′N77°25′E / 9.23°N 77.42°E / 9.23; 77.42 . ^[2] It has an average elevation of 178 metres (583 feet).

• Nearest Railway Station is Sankarankovil, situated 20 kilometres away from the town
• Nearest Airport is Madurai International Airport
• TNSTC runs regular town buses and Mofussil buses from nearby towns, the major route is Madurai - Kollam,

Demographics

Source: ^[3]

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[4] Vasudevanallur had a population of 18,461. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Vasudevanallur had an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 74%, and female literacy was 51%. In Vasudevanallur, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.

It is a suburb of Vasudevanallur (Assembly constituency) and Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency, with an area of 10.40 km². It has 18 wards and 93 streets.

As of the 2011 census, the county had 5833 households and a population of 21361.

Economy

As sugarcane grows well in Vasudevanallur and its surroundings, a sugarcane mill operates in Vasudevanallur as a private sector.As well as this region is rich for growth of lemon. ^[3]

Transportation

The Madurai - Sengottai Highway has buses for Madurai, Tenkasi, Rajapalayam, Sankarankoil and chennai, pondicherry,Bangalore,Tirupati ,Trichy, Kanniyakumari, Nagercoil,

Politics

Vasudevanallur (state assembly constituency) (SC) is part of Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[5]

References

1. "Vasudevanallur Town Panchayat".
2. "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Vasudevanallur, India". www.fallingrain.com.
3. "Vasudevanallur Town Panchayat-". townpanchayat.in.
4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
5. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2008.