Gandhinagar, Tiruvannamalai

Gandhinagar
Gandhinagar-Lakshmipuram
town

Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Gandhinagar

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 12°13′N 79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11Coordinates: 12°13′N 79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Elevation 169 m (554 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 48,923
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 606 602{fully} ,606 610 & 606 603 {partly}.
Telephone code 91(04175)-
Vehicle registration TN-25
Rainfall 76
Avg. summer temperature 41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 18 °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.

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 groups Percent(%)
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Population Details". Tiruvannamalai municipality. 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
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