Chetpet

This page is about Chetpet village in Thiruvannamalai. See Chetput (Chennai) for the Chennai suburb.

Chetpet
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Chetpet Location of Chetpet in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	12°27′52″N 79°20′51″E / 12.464433°N 79.347539°E / 12.464433; 79.347539Coordinates: 12°27′52″N 79°20′51″E / 12.464433°N 79.347539°E / 12.464433; 79.347539
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Thiruvanaamalai
Population	17,786 (2001[update])
Sex ratio	1:1 ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Chetpet (Tamil: சேத்துப்பட்டு Cetupattu) is a panchayat town in Thiruvanaamalai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Chetpet had a population of 17,786. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chetpet has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 77% and female literacy of 61%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

It is Suitated in the middle of Thiruvannamalai district, with the boundaries of east Vandavasi town, west Polur town, south Gingee town, south west Thiruvannamalai town and north Arani town. More than 80% of the people are farmers, and most people are having income resourced from agriculture. the main crops in the area is groundnet, paddy, sugarcane. Cheththupattu is one of the well developing town, which is in the rank of Town Panchayat with the group of villages Pazhampet, Kannanoor,and Cheththupattu. the pincode number is 606801.

Places of interest

• St. Thomas hospital, which was established in Cheththupattu by the Dr Maria Aschhoff
• Shri Ramachandra Perumal Temple, Nedungunam, Vandavasi Taluk which is nearby Chetpet about 3 km.
• St. Lourdes Shrine, Chetpet, which was constructed by Rev. Father. Daras in 1890's. It is one of the biggest and old Church in Tamil Nadu.

References

1. ^ "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. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

Some Education Institution in Chetpet ANSALDO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & ANSALDO MATRICULATION SCHOOL, ANSALDO NAGAR, CHETPET. ST. DOMINIC SAVIO HR. SEC. SCHOOL, CHETPET. ST. Ann HR. SEC. SCHOOL, Chetpet. GOVT. HR. SEC. SCHOOL, CHETPET. Divya Metric Hr School, Chetpet. Cluny convent Hr Sec Matriculation School, Near chetpet.

Areas

In the route from chennai to vandavasi in chetpet, there is a temple built for manickavasagar,and lord shiva. It also has Navagrahas. The temple is about 90 years of old.

STD code for chetpet is 04181. In chetpet there are six higher secondary schools. The place called commity that is very famous for crop exchange all over Tamil Nadu. It got the second place for crop exchange all over Tamil Nadu. In chetpet there in one fort it is very old. In chetpet there is more than 2000 shops but only two bank are present (Union bank of India and state bank of India). Every year,St. Lourdes Shrine will be decorated for church festival. Its very famous in chetpet and it attracts lakhs of people to chetpet town for the occasion.