Chengam taluk

Chengam taluk is a taluk of Tiruvannamalai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Chengam.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Chengam had a population of 280581 with 142089 males and 138492 females. There were 975 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.3. Child population in the age group below 6 was 17210 Males and 15479 Females.^[1]

References

↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Tiruvannamalai district

District Headquarters	Tiruvannamalai

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Tondai Nadu

Revenue Divisions	Cheyyar division Tiruvannamalai division

Taluks	Aarani Chengam Cheyyar Kalasapakkam Polur Thandarampattu Tiruvannamalai Vandavasi

Revenue Blocks	Anakkavur Aarani Chengam Chetpet Cheyyar Jawadhu Hills Kalasapakkam Keelpennathur Pernamallur Polur Pudupalayam Thandrampet Thellar Thurinjapuram Tiruvannamalai Vandavasi Vembakkam West Aarani

Municipalities	Arani Tiruvannamalai Tiruvethipuram Vandavasi

Town Panchayats	Chengam Chetpet Kalambur Polur Kannamangalam Kilpennathur Vettavalam Desur Peranamallur Pudupalayam

Rivers	Cheyyar River Thenpennai River Kamandala River Naganathi River

History	Early Cholas Kalabhras Pallavas Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Pandyan dynasty Vijayanagar Empire British Raj

Places of Interest	Annamalaiyar Temple Jawadhu Hills Periyanaki Temple, Devikapuram Sathanur Reservoir Sri Ramana Ashram Sri Seshadri Swamigal Ashram Yogi Ram SurathKumar Ashram Tirumalai

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