Vennandur block

Vennandur Union வெண்ணந்தூர் ஒன்றியம்
Areal view of Vennandur block from Alavaimalai
Vennandur Union Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°30′37.6″N 78°05′52.5″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Taluk	Rasipuram
Government
• Chief Minister	Edappadi K. Palanisamy
• Namakkal M.P.	P. R. Sundaram
• Rasipuram M.L.A	V. Saroja
Population  (2001)
• Total	71,363
Demonym	Indian
Languages
• Official	Tamil (தமிழ்)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	637505
Area code	+91-4287
Vehicle registration	TN-28Z

Vennandur block is a revenue block in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India.Vennandur  block  is  located  in  north  eastern  region  in  Namakkal district.   It has a total of 24 panchayat villages.

Geography

Vennandur block is located at 11.5206° N, 78.0872°E. It has an average elevation of 218 metres (726 ft). It is close to Alavaimalai Hills - which is part of the Eastern Ghats. The closest river is Thirumanimutharu origin from mount yercaud. Namakkal is the district capital is located around 39 km from Vennandur.Chennai is the state capital is located around 370 km from Vennandur. The other nearest state capital from Vennandr is Bangalore and its distance is 223 km, Pondicherry is 237 km and Thiruvananthapuram is 517 km.

Administrative Office & Administration

 Vennandur union office  is located at Attayampatti-Masakkalipatti (DMR) road in Vennandur. In Vennandur revenue block of Namakkal District there are twenty four villages and many sub villages. All  villages  are  electrified  in  the  Vennandur block. 

Agriculture

Cent  percent  rural  in  character.  The  average  rainfall  is  712.3  (in mms) in the Vennandur block. Of  the  total  food  crops,  18462  hectares  are  food  crops.  49.88 percent  are  net  area  sown  in  this  block.  Paddy,  Ragi,  Cholam,  Cumbu, etc.,  are  13.40  percent  in  the  food  crops.  There  are  commercial  food crops  like  groundnut,  Sugarcane,  Tapioca,  cotton,  etc.,  are  25.85 percent  in  Vennandur  block.  60.74  percent  are  other  food  crops  in Vennandur block. There  are  2607  hectares  of  land  irrigated  with  dug  wells,  4423 wells are used for irrigation in Vennandur block. The  total  number  of  agricultural  holdings  in  Vennandur  block are 6,503. Of this, 53.05 percent holdings are less than one hectare, 27.72  percent  holdings  are  between  1  -  2  hectare,  17.54  percent holdings  are  between  2-4  hectare,  1.59  percent  holdings  are  between 4-10  hectare,  0.07  percent  holdings  are  10  and  above  in  the Vennandur block.

Number of Panchayat Villages (24)

• Anantha Goundampalayam
• Akkaraipatti
• Alampatti
• Alavaipatti
• Kallankulam
• Kattanachampatti
• Keeranur
• Kuttaladampatti
• Mathiyampatti
• Mattuvelampatti
• Minnakkal
• Moolakadu
• Nachipatti
• Nadupatti
• No 3 Komarapalayam
• O Sowthapuram
• Palanthinnipatti
• Pallavanaickenpatti
• Ponparappipatti
• R Pudupalayam
• Semmandapatti
• Thengalpalayam
• Thottipatti
• Thottiyavalasu