Vengikkal

Vengikkal is the Suburb of Tiruvannamalai city and a census town in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu state of Indian sub-continent.^[1]

Vengikkal
Thiruvannamalai Metro
Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Vengikkal Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12.20°N 79.07°E / 12.20; 79.07
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Government
• Type	Village Panchayat
• Body	Panchayat Union of Tiruvannamalai
Elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	61,901
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	606604
Telephone code	91-4175
Vehicle registration	TN 25
Sex ratio	998 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha Constituency
Legislative constituency	Tiruvannamalai Legislative Assembly

It lies north to the world famous Tiruvannamalai city. The Divisional and District Government offices of Tiruvannamalai including Tiruvannamalai district collectorate, Tiruvannamalai Transport division headquarters of TNSTC and Tirvannamalai Medical college, government hospital are present in Vengikkal municipal limits.

Demographics

It has the population of 62,000 in 2011 census and it is 65% higher than 15,890, its 2001 population.

Linguistic census
Linguistic groups			Percent(%)
Tamil			69.57%
Telugu			21.07%
Urdu			2.89%
Kannada			8.01%
Tulu			3.4%
Creole			0.4%
Other			4.01%

Railway Transport

Nearest Railway Station is Tiruvannamalai at 4.6 km Situated on Katpadi-Villupuram Railway route.

Road Transport

The local Bus stops are at Thendral Nagar, EB Office, Vengikkal, Collector Office on Vellore Road. TNSTC Bus Depot, Idukkupillayar Koil, Kubera Lingam on Kanchi Road. Krishna Nagar and Seriyandhal on Avalurpet Road.

Nearest Airport

The nearest airport is at Chennai, which is located 174 km (107 mi) from vengikkal.

Government Museum

All New Government Museum Tiruvannamalai is situated at Vengikkal.

Tiruvannamalai Sipcot

Tiruvannamalai Sipcot is there in Vengikkal. PVC pipes and Granites manufacturing small scale industries are there.

Water Source

vengikkal has a large Lake opposite to the district Collectorate.

Banks

Indian Bank inside Collectorate Campus, Union Bank at Thendral Nagar (formerly Corporation Bank), SME Branch Of State Bank of India at Vanavil Nagar, Canara Bank, HDFC bank, IDFC first bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank.