Vasudevanallur is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district

Tirunelveli District

Tirunelveli District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. A unique feature of this district is that it encompasses all five geographical traditions of Tamil Literature; kurinji , mullai , marudham , neithal and palai...

 in the India

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 of Tamil Nadu

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. Most of the population is still Agrarian. This form of self government was prevalent even through the late 1950's.

Famous people hailing from Vasudevanallur include Dr.M.Gandhi, who served at the Permanent Mission of India in the United States for four years. Currently he resides in New Delhi

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, with family and continues to work at the Ministry of External Affairs (India)

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, as a Director of the Legal and Treaties division.

Geography

Vasudevanallur is located at 9.23°N 77.42°E. It has an average elevation of 178 metres (583 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Vasudevanallur had a population of 18,461. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Vasudevanallur has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 51%. In Vasudevanallur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Vasudevanallur assembly constituency (SC) is part of Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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