Town in Tamil Nadu, India
| Gandhinagar Gandhinagar-Lakshmipuram | |
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| town | |
 Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai | |
  GandhinagarLocation in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 12°13′N 79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvannamalai |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 48,923 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 606 602{fully} ,606 610 & 606 603 {partly}. |
| Telephone code | 91(04175)- |
| Vehicle registration | TN-25 |
| Rainfall | 76 |
| Avg. summer temperature | 41 °C (106 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 18 °C (64 °F) |
| Website | www |
Gandhinagar-lakshmipuram is 3rd grade municipality in thiruvannamalai UA, constructed in the year 2002 from the former gandhinagar special grade town panchayat and laskmipuram area carved out from the thyagi annamalai nagar town panchayat of thiruvannamalai UA. Many new peoples considers Gandhinagar is the part of thiruvannamalai city but it only serves as a part of Thiruvannamalai UA.It spreads out on the Tindivanam and Pondicherry(via:villupuram & vettavalam)roads of thiruvannamalai UA.
Demographics
In 2001 gandhinagar has population of 30 thousand and in 2002 after joining of lakshmipuram {population :11000] it was totally 41000. Gandhinagar have a population of over 36 thousand and lakhmipurm have more than 15000 people totally this town having population of over 51000 providing sub urban to Tiruvannamalai urbanity. it comes under Tiruvannamalai urban agglomerations on Pondicherry Road NH 66 and Villupuram Road NH 234. There are two railway stations for Gandhinagar: one is "Gandinagar-Lakshmipuram" and another is Old Gandinagar at Villupuram - Pondicherry railway route.
| Linguistic census | ||||
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| Linguistic groups | Percent(%) | |||
| Tamil | 70.57% | |||
| Kannada | 5.07% | |||
| Urdu | 4.79% | |||
| Telugu | 15.01% | |||
| Tulu | 2.01% | |||
| Creole | 0.4% | |||
| Malay | 0.13% | |||
| Other | 2.01% | |||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | ~100 | — |
| 1981 | 2,450 | — |
| 1991 | 21,057 | +759.5% |
| 2001 | 41,430 | +96.8% |
| 2011 | 63,327 | +52.9% |
Sources:
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References
- "Population Details". Tiruvannamalai municipality. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
External links
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| Stations of West South Line of Chennai Suburban Railway | |
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