Kannamangalam

Kannamangalam
panchayat town
School in Kannamangalam
Kannamangalam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Government
• chairman	govardhan (dmk)
Population (2010)
• Total	21,890
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	632311
Telephone code	04173
Vehicle registration	TN 25
Sex ratio	998 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	arani
Vidhan Sabha constituency	kannamangalam
Avg. summer temperature	40 °C (104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)

Kannamangalam is a panchayat town in Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Places with the suffix "mangalam" were believed to have been given as charity to the "Brahmins" by the Kings of a particular reign, "Kannamangalam" was thus named by the same criteria. From the names of locations in the surrounding areas it is further clear that the villages were predominantly Brahmin habitations, with names like Kolathur, Onnupuram etc. In the last millennium, Kannamangalam was under the rule of "Sambuvarayar".

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kannamangalam had a population of 7297. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kannamangalam has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 67%. In Kannamangalam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Image gallery

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  panchayath office

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  Poocholamad Srambia in Cheroor