Alangayam

Template:Infobox Indian jurisdiction Alangayam is a town in Vellore district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located at 18 km from Vaniyambadi, a town best known for its leather industries.

Alangayam is just 10 km from the famous Vainu Bappu observatory. This town is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Alangayam connects to Vellore through Asanampet, to Polur through Jamunamarathur.

Alangayam town comprised villages named Kalai koil, Peddur, Badakuppam, Pulavarpalli, Gejjaloor, Bunkur, Rajapalayam, MGR nagar, Kallaraipatti and Konkiyur. People from these villages rely on the Alangayam Bus Depot and Market for transportation and vegetables. The hills surrounding alangayam keeps moderate temperature throughout the year.

Schools and Colleges

PRIVATE SCHOOLS:

• SFS Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Bharat Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Vivekananda Matriculation school
• Brindhavan Matriculation School.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS:

• IELC Elementary school
• GOVT Boys Higher Secondary School
• GOVT Girls Higher Secondary School.

COLLEGE:

• Dr. Radhakrishnan Teacher Training institute.

Places of interest

The hill station Yelagiri is about 30 km from the town. Javadi Hills is another small hill station nearby. Asia's second largest telescope, Vainu Bappu Observatory of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics which is situated at Kavalur Village near Alangayam, is also a major attraction. Shops in Alangayam are better known for their unique Biriyani making skills like the nearby widely known towns Vaniyambadi and Ambur. It is the only place of source for the education ( Schools, college ) for all the nearby villages. The road connecting alangayam to vellore via Odugathur is in a process of making it as a Highway which greatly reduces the time to reach Salem from Vellore.

Tourism

Nice tourist places are available near to Alangayam that can be reached within an hour. 1. Yelagiri hills - 30km 2. Beman Falls - 10km 3. Jalagamparai Waterfalls - 12km 4. Vainu Bappu Observatory - 8km 5. Hanuman theertham - 14km 6. Sathanur Dam - 30km

Temple

Famous Mariamman temple is located in centre of the town. Also there is Kannika Parameshwari temple. Yearly once there is a grand festival is been celebrated by the people of Alangayam. This festival is celebrated by all. The festival is celebrated by low caste and high caste together. There is also two famous Mosque for the Muslim Population to pray. The Mosque name are Masjid-e-Khadeem and Mecca masjid.

Sports

Cricket is the only wide known street game here.Volley ball,Kabadi are the sports played by the people from here occasionally. Government boys and girls higher secondary schools are once show-cased the name Alangayam in district and state level sports especially in Ball-Badminton and Volley ball.But when the increase in population needs the infrastructure development of schools, the large play grounds are used for constructing new class rooms.The matriculation schools are doing their part in some Indoor games ( Chess, Carom ). Also you can see the festival season tournaments in Kabadi which is widely played by working people.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Alangayam had a population of 16,851. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kavalur, the place where Asia's second largest Observatory is situated 11 km from Alangayam. It is in the foot of Yelagiri Hill and Javadu Hills of Vellore District. Alangayam is surrounded by forests which is an integral part of disturbed Eastern Ghats.