Panapakkam is a panchayat town in Vellore district

Vellore District

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 in the India

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.This town is located in the Vellore District about 85 kilometres from the state capital of Chennai.Panapakkam is supposedly one of the hottest towns in India (next to Vellore), where the temperature can exceed 43°C (110°F) for several days in peak of the summer.

Demographics

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, Panapakkam had a population of 10,142. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Panapakkam has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 57%. In Panapakkam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

All agriculture land are converting to Flat and Plot System.

Panapakkam is very near to Kancheepuram new greenfield Airport.

Location

Panapakkam is about 85 km west of Chennai, 50 km east of Vellore and 20 km west of Kanchipuram and 20 Km from Arakkonam.

Nearest Airport: Chennai

Nearest Seaport: Chennai

Nearest Railway Station : Arakonam

Schools

• Govt.Boys Hr. Sec school
• Govt.girls Hr. Sec school
• Sarasvathi matriculation school

Banks and ATM centers

• Canara bank (ATM AVIALBLE in BAZAAR near Bank)
• Vellore Central Co-Operative Bank (ATM not Avilable for this Bank)

Bus Facilities

Government and Private bus facilities to Vellore, Tiruttani,Arakkonam and kanchipuram are available every 15 minutes.

Politics

The DMK alliance candidate APLF M Jaganmoorthy won Arakkonam assembly constituency in the 2006 elections. Recently, in the parliamentary elections held in 2009, the DMK candidate Mr.Jagathratchagan got elected as an MP from this constituency. Recently the assembly constituency has changed Sholingur and the present MLA Candidate elected from DMDK member in the 2011 tamilnadu assembly election. Mr.P.R.MANOKAR is the sitting MLA.