Chengam taluk

Chengam taluk

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

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Chengam had a population of 393,963 with 199,227 males and 194,736 females. There were 977 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 59.28. The total number of households was 86601.


References

v · d · eTiruvannamalai district
District Headquarters
Country
State
Region
Revenue Divisions
Cheyyar division · Tiruvannamalai division
Taluks
Aarani · Chengam · Cheyyar · 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
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 • Later Pandyas • Delhi Sultanate • Madurai Sultanate • Vijayanagar Empire • Thanjavur Nayaks • Thanjavur Marathas • 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

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