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Vengikkal

Coordinates: 12°12′N 79°04′E / 12.20°N 79.07°E / 12.20; 79.07
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Vengikkal
vengi kaal
Thiruvannamalai (metro)
Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Vengikkal is located in Tamil Nadu
Vengikkal
Vengikkal
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°12′N 79°04′E / 12.20°N 79.07°E / 12.20; 79.07
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTiruvannamalai
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total61,901
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
606 (604,605)
Telephone code91-4175
Vehicle registrationTN 25
Sex ratio998 /
Lok Sabha constituencythiruvannamlai
Vidhan Sabha constituencythiruvannamalai north east

Vengikkal is the Suburb of Tiruvannamalai city and a Third grade municipality in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu state of Indian sub-continent.

It lies in the north of world famous Tiruvannamalai city. The Divisional and District Government offices of Tiruvannamalai including Tiruvannamalai district collectrate, 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%

Transport

There is one railway station called Vengikkal railway station on Katpadi-Tiruvannamalai railway route.