Vazhapadi

Vazhapadi
panchayat town
Vazhapadi Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°41′29″N 78°24′29″E / 11.69139°N 78.40806°E / 11.69139; 78.40806Coordinates: 11°41′29″N 78°24′29″E / 11.69139°N 78.40806°E / 11.69139; 78.40806
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Population (2001)
• Total	16,121
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	636115
Telephone code	+914292
Vehicle registration	TN-77

Vazhapadi (also Valapady and Valappadi) is a panchayat town in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Former union minister k.Ramamurthy was born in vazhapadi. He served as Union Minister of Petroleum as part of NDA government under Atal Behari Vajpayee.He is widely known as (Valappadiyar) Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Valappadi had a population of 16,121. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Valappadi has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 57%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. It produces coconut, tomatoes. NH 68 which connects Chennai and Vazhapadi with Salem, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and chinnasalem to tirupathi bus available at ( 5.30pm and 8 pm at chinnasalem, 5.20am at tirupathi) and the cities around. The highway is heavily travelled, so it will be expanded to four lanes in an expansion project taking place between 2008–2010, and a bypass will skirt Vazhapadi to ease the congestion.Railway station also is there.

Salem District

Taluk	Attur Idappadi Gangavalli Mettur Omalur Salem Sankagiri Valapady Yercaud

Blocks	Attur Ayothiapattinam Gangavalli Idappadi Kadaiyampatty Kolathur Konganapuram Macdonalds Choultry Mecheri Nangavalli Omalur Panaimarathupatti Pethanaickenpalayam Salem Sankagiri Talavasal Tharamangalam Valapady Veerapandi Yercaud

Corporation	Salem Corporation

Municipality	Attur Edappadi Mettur Narasingapuram

Census Towns	Avadattur Dalavaipatti Kondalampatti Mallamooppampatti Maramangalathupatti Neikkarapatti Papparapatti

Town Panchayat	Attayampatti Ayothiapattinam Jalakandapuram Kannankurichi Kolathur Konganapuram Mecheri Omalur P.N.Patti Pethanaickenpalayam Sankari Thammampatti Tharamangalam Vazhapadi Veerakkalpudur Belur Edaganasalai Elampillai Ethapur Gangavalli Kadayampatti Karuppur Keeripatti Mallur Panaimarathupatti Sentharapatti Thedavur Thevur Veeraganur Arasiramani Nangavalli Poolampatti Vanavasi

Rivers	Cauveri Sarabanga Vashista Suvetha Thirumanimutharu

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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