Cheyyar
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Cheyyar Tiruvathipuram |
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 Cheyyar
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| Coordinates: 12°39′29″N 79°32′33″E / 12.6580°N 79.5424°ECoordinates: 12°39′29″N 79°32′33″E / 12.6580°N 79.5424°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvannamalai District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Second Grade Municipality |
| • Body | Thiruvathipuram Municipality |
| Elevation | 99 m (325 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 37,802 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 604407 |
| Telephone code | 91-4182 |
| Vehicle registration | TN25 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arani (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Cheyyar (State Assembly Constituency) |
Cheyyar is a town in the Tiruvannamalai District in the Tamil Nadu state of South India. The most common name of this town is Cheyyar but it is also referred to as Thiruvetipuram in many government records. It gets its name Cheyyar River as the town initially was developed on the river beds of cheyyaru. As of 2011, the town had a population of 37,802.
The town is situated at 30 km from Kanchipuram, 90 km from Thiruvannamalai, 34 km from Arani and 100 km from Chennai,60 km from Vellore,32 km from Arcot,As well connected by buses on SH 5 and SH 45. The town contains an ancient temple called Vedapureeswarar Temple situated on the banks of the river, and there is a legend that Thirugnana Sambandar, one of the four great saivite saints visited the temple and caused a male palm tree to flower by singing verses in Tamil. There is another famous ancient temple called Patcheeswarar temple built during the Pallava's rule in the very heart of the town. The town was in the North Arcot District (part of Vellore district) until Tiruvannamalai district was formed. It has a sub-collector office and is the third largest town in the district after Thiruvannamalai and Arani. This town has a Government Arts College, dating from the early 1970s. The chief occupations of the people are agriculture and handlooming.
Cheyyar is located at 12.6580°N 79.5424°E on the banks of Cheyyar River in the northeastern corner of Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu. It is 100 km southwest of Chennai the state capital.
According to 2011 census, Tiruvethipuram had a population of 37,802 with a sex-ratio of 1,014 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 3,749 were under the age of six, constituting 1,940 males and 1,809 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 12.81% and .56% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 76.59%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of : 9162 households. There were a total of 14,580 workers, comprising 294 cultivators, 489 main agricultural labourers, 1,247 in house hold industries, 11,205 other workers, 1,345 marginal workers, 20 marginal cultivators, 109 marginal agricultural labourers, 206 marginal workers in household industries and 1,010 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Tiruvethipuram had 88.6% Hindus, 9.4% Muslims, 1.11% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs, 0.02% Buddhists, 0.46% Jains, 0.38% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.
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