Shenbakkam

Shenbakkam
Shenbakkam
Neighbourhood
	Shenbakkam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
	Coordinates: 12°55′28″N 79°07′12″E / 12.92444°N 79.12000°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore District
Talukas	Vellore
Government
• Body	Vellore city municipal Corporation
• Mayor	mrs.P. Karthiyayini
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	632008
Telephone code	91 416
Vehicle registration	TN 23
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vellore
Civic agency	Vellore city municipal Corporation

Shenbakkam is a small locality adjoining with Konavattam locality and also zone-4 headquarters of Vellore Municipal Corporation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Famous Swayambu Vinayagar Temple is located here.

Shri Raghavendra Swami Mrithika Brindavana also referred as "Dhakshina Nava Brindavana" is located here. In 1991, 8 (eight) Moola Brindavanams which were buried under were unearthed and renovated. And with the establishment of the Mrithika Brindhavanam of Sri Raghavendra Swamy, it came to be called (Dhakshina) Nava Brindavana. Sri Madhwacharya had written grantha for Vishnusahasrama in this kshethra. Sri Vyasaraja had installed mukyaprana deity in this temple and Sri Raghavendra Swamy had stayed and meditated here for 14 days.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Shenbakkam had a population of 13,459. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Shenbakkam has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. In Shenbakkam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[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 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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