Anaicut

Anaicut or Anaikattu (pronunciation ) is an urban town panchayat and taluk in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 20 km from Vellore city limit. The nearest large town is Pallikonda.

Anaicut
Suburban of Vellore
Nickname(s): 
Rural Vellore
Anaicut
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°52′35″N 78°59′18″E
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVellore
Government
  TypeAnaicut
  BodyPanchayat
Area
  Total277.35 km2 (107.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total4,087
  Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
632101
Telephone code91 - 0416762
Vehicle registrationTN-23
Sex ratio1031 /

It is one of the state assemblies in Tamil Nadu, India. The name of the village is often confused with the Upper Anaicut dam, but there are no such dams in and around the town. This region was popular for agriculture. In Early days rice segregated from paddy using elephants in this region. The name aanai refers to elephant and kattu refers to tie in Tamil language. Aanaikattu becomes Anaikattu and further Anaicut during the British period. Nearby this village Highest economical income is from Pallikonda Town, odugathur Town and taluk surrounding

It has one of the oldest two government higher secondary schools in Vellore district, Sree Krishna Engineering college Under Anna University and a few private secondary and primary nursery schools

Anaicut is also famous for "Dhraupati Amman Temple" wherein religious drama and speech about "Mahabaratham" conducted with the belief of praying for rain. Devotees from surrounding villages visited to hear these speeches.

Shandy (Weekly market) every Saturday is the common place for sellers and buyers of vegetables

References

  1. "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.


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