Tindivanam

Tindivanam திண்டிவனம்
Town
Tindivanam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Government
• Type	Selection Grade Municipality
• Body	Municipal Council
Area
• Total	22.33 km2 (8.62 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	72,796
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	604001
Telephone code	91-4147
Vehicle registration	TN-16
Website	http://municipality.tn.gov.in/tindivanam/#

Tindivanam is a town and a municipality in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Important roads from north to south (NH 45) Tamil Nadu pass through Tindivanam and similarly from west to east (NH 66).

History

Tindivanam was early known as tinthirivanam(திந்திரிவனம்) due to the shivan temple located at Tindivanam. The name of the shivan located there is திந்திரிஈஸ்வர்.. (Tinthieswar). Tindivanam is a Selection grade Municipal Town. Tindivanam was constituted as a Municipality in 01.04.1949 then it was upgraded as 2nd grade Municipality from 03.04.1970, 1st grade Municipality in 22.05.98 and Selection Grade in 02.12.2008.

Ennairam, located near Tindivanam, has inscriptions about the Hindu shastras that date back to the 11th century. The Chola temple of Narasimma swamy koil built by Rajaraja Chola 1 (985 –1010) and has reached 1000 years. 8,000 samanaras lived in this village. As of 2011, the town had a population of 72,796.

Etymology

It was initially known as "Tinthrivanam"(Jungle of Tamarind-புளியங்காடு) where "Tinthiri" means 'tamarind' and "vanam" means 'Jungle' in Tamil.

Geography

Tindivanam is located at . It has an average elevation of 58 metres (190 feet). Tindivanam is 120 km southwest from Chennai and 35 km northwest from Pondicherry. Tindivanam is one among the three sub-divisions of Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu. This small town lies about 65 km northwest of Cuddalore. Tindivanam is divided into 234 Revenue Villages under Tindivanam Taluk.

It lies in the stretch of NH-45, about 123 km from Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu. Tindivanam is at the junction of roads going to Tiruchirapalli, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Viluppuram, Thellar, Marakkanam and Chennai. Tindivanam is about 69 km from Chengalpet; it takes about 1.30 hours to reach by roadways.

Map Indicating 234 Village Panchayats under Tindivanam Taluk

Demographics

Religious census
Religion			Percent(%)
Hindu			82.16%
Muslim			11.95%
Christian			4.39%
Sikh			0.04%
Buddhist			0.02%
Jain			1.36%
Other			0.08%
No religion			0.0%

According to 2011 census, Tindivanam had a population of 72,796 with a sex-ratio of 1,003 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 7,664 were under the age of six, constituting 3,922 males and 3,742 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.59% and .49% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 78.19%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 17088 households. There were a total of 24,415 workers, comprising 595 cultivators, 672 main agricultural labourers, 465 in house hold industries, 19,541 other workers, 3,142 marginal workers, 51 marginal cultivators, 431 marginal agricultural labourers, 207 marginal workers in household industries and 2,453 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Tindivanam had 82.16% Hindus, 11.95% Muslims, 4.39% Christians, 0.04% Sikhs, 0.02% Buddhists, 1.36% Jains, 0.08% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

Politics

• Tindivanam assembly constituency is part of Villupuram (Lok Sabha constituency) (up to 2009 Tindivanam was a Lok Sabha constituency).
• Tindivanam legislative assembly:

1. Member of legislative assembly : Haridoss MS

• Tindivanam Municipal Council:

1. Chairman: K.V.N. Venkatesan, B.A.
2. Vice chairman
3. Commissioner: S.Annadurai, B.A.