Anaicut

Anaicut
Suburban of Vellore
Nickname:  Rural Vellore
Anaicut Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°52′35″N 78°59′18″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Government
• Type	Anaicut
• Body	Panchayat
Area
• Total	277.35 km2 (107.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,087
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	632101
Telephone code	91 - 0416762
Vehicle registration	TN-23
Sex ratio	1031 ♂/♀

Anaicut or Anaikattu () is an urban town panchayat and taluk in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 20 km from Vellore city limit. The nearest large town is Pallikonda.

It is one of the state assemblies in Tamil Nadu, India. The name of the village is often confused with the Upper Anaicut dam, but there are no such dams in and around the town. This region was popular for agriculture. In Early days rice segregated from paddy using elephants in this region. The name aanai refers to elephant and kattu refers to tie in Tamil language. Aanaikattu becomes Anaikattu and further Anaicut during the British period. Nearby this village Highest economical income is from Pallikonda Town, odugathur Town and taluk surrounding

It has one of the oldest two government higher secondary schools in Vellore district, Sree Krishna Engineering college Under Anna University and a few private secondary and primary nursery schools

Anaicut is also famous for "Dhraupati Amman Temple" wherein religious drama and speech about "Mahabaratham" conducted with the belief of praying for rain. Devotees from surrounding villages visited to hear these speeches.

Shandy (Weekly market) every Saturday is the common place for sellers and buyers of vegetables