Veerapandi, Salem

Veerapandi is a suburb of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, 14 kilometres away from the Old Bus Stand , 13kms away from New Bus stand And Just 14kms away from Salem Junction. Today, it has the main college area in Salem. The biggest center for higher learning is the vinayaga missions university near Veerapandi.

Veerapandi
Town
Coordinates: 11°34′32″N 78°04′06″E
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
RegionKongu Nadu
DistrictSalem
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
636308
Telephone code91-427
Vehicle registrationTN-90

Temples

It had lot of hindu religious Temple , Especially 1008 Shiv Linnga and several religious temple. It have Church too. Around 4kilometere.

Festivals

The main festivals such as marriyaman kovil, angalamman kovil, etc. take place in the city. In the month of April the marriyaman festival is celebrated around 15 Days with lot of formalities and procedures.

Economy

The main occupation is agriculture.. Textiles and finance are common business in this area. Both Genders have been working all around the city.

Amenities

In general Veerapandi has all its basic amenities and can be reached at any time from anywhere because of the excellent road transport facility it has with the nearest town "Salem".

It has a railway station name is Virapandy road railway station with passenger train service to go to Erode and Salem Junction.

It has a government high school and elementary school.

It has polytechnic Colleges

Kongu Polytechnic College
Rajaji Indtitute of Technology

It has Medical College

VIMS Medical College

It has Engineering College 

Annapoorana Engineering College

Politics

Veerapandi assembly constituency is part of Salem (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Veerapandi S Aarumugam is a former minister of Tamilnadu is a Well known popular Politician who have Worked with DMK is getting this Surname after won this Constituency.

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References
  1. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veerapandy_S._Arumugam }}


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