Veerapandi, Viluppuram

This article is about the village in Viluppuram district. For other uses, see Veerapandi (disambiguation).

Veerapandi is a revenue village in the Mugaiyur block and Kandachipuram taluk of Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Veerapandi
Village
Veerapandi Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°02′47″N 79°12′58″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Taluk	Kandachipuram
Revenue block	Mugaiyur
Area
• Total	10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	13,690
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	605758
Telephone code	91-4153
Vehicle registration	TN-32

Geography

Veerapandi is within Kandachipuram taluk, which is in the southwestern part of Viluppuram district. It covers 10.9 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi) of land in the northwestern part of the taluk, near the border with Tiruvannamalai district. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Kanchipuram, the taluk headquarters, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Viluppuram, the district headquarters, and 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of the state capital of Chennai. The village is within the drainage basin of the Thenpennai River.^[2]

Demographics

In 2011 Veerapandi had a population of 7,690 people living in 1,588 households. 3,789 (49.3%) of the inhabitants were male, while 3,901 (50.7%) were female. 1,059 children in the town, about 13.8% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. 53.5% of the population was literate, with the male rate of 62.7% being notably higher than the female rate of 44.6%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 21.5% and 0.026% of the population, respectively.^[3]