Vadakkanandal

Kachirayapalayam
town
Kachirayapalayam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Population (2001)
• Total	19,857
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	606207
Vehicle registration	TN-15

Vadakkanandal is a panchayat town in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

Vadakanandal is one of the biggest and fastest developing Panchayat towns in kallakurichi Taluk. The agriculture is the backbone of the village. As of 2001 India census, Vadakkanandal had a population of 19,857. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Vadakkanandal has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 49%. In Vadakkanandal, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.Kachirayapalayam,Akkarayapalayam,Mettupalayam,Kamaraj Salai are the main places of Vadakananadhal. This place has lot of temples like lord Shiva temple, Thiyagapaadi Amman temple which is considered to be one of the powerful female deity in the surrounding villages.

Colleges and schools

Schools:

1. Bharathi Matric Higher Secondary school.
2. Vivekanandha Higher Secondary School.
3. Govt Boys Higher secondary School.
4. Govt Girls Higher Secondary School.
5. Mailavan Primary School.
6. Asad Middle School.
7. Milton Matriculation School.
8. classic primary school

Colleges:

1. Gomuki ITI

Tourist areas

1. Gomuki dam very near 3 KM from Kachirayapalayam.
   

   Gomuki dam
2. Kalvarayan Hills 5 km from Kachirayapalayam.
3. Periyar Falls Around 15 km from Kachirayapalayam.
   

   Periyar water Falls
4. Megam Falls around 32 km from Kachirayapalayam.
5. Kariyalur boat house 32 km ahead of periyar falls.

Agriculture

More than 50% of its population depends on agriculture and gomuki river deserves its importance in irrigation.Because of the presence of Gomuki cooperative sugar factory the main cash crop of this area is sugarcane .This Sugar factory helps in urbanization of vadakanandal and it is inaugurated in 1997 by the chief minister M.Karunanidhi.

Gomuki River

Industrial Zone

1. Gomuki Sugar factory(C0-Operative)
2. Gomuki Drinking Water Plant