Katpadi () is a locality in Vellore, at the northern part of

Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...

city in the

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, India. Its railway is located on the gauge line between

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and

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Politics and geography

Once a village, Katpadi was upgraded to a

panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical ment ...

town, with its own ''

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

'' office. It has a major

assembly constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

which is part of

Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency) Arakkonam is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 7 of 39. Assembly segments Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Bef ...

. Katpadi is no longer a separate municipal unit and has become part of Vellore City Municipal Corporation (VCMC). The two places are collectively known as

and together form the eighth-largest city in Tamil Nadu.Katpadi lies in the northern side of the

Palar River Palar is a river of southern India. It rises in the Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state, and flows in Karnataka, in Andhra Pradesh and in Tamil Nadu before reaching its confluence into the Bay of Bengal at Vayalur ab ...

towards

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. The railway station is location on Cuddalore - Chittoor State Highway, SH 9 (now NH-234).

Vellore Institute of Technology University (VIT)

The Vellore Institute of Technology University (VIT) is in Katpadi. In 2010 it was ranked as one of the best private engineering universities in India.

Transportation

The region is well connected through bus and train.

Katpadi Junction Katpadi Junction railway station, also known as Vellore Katpadi Junction railway station (station code: KPD) is an A-category junction railway station located in the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Katpadi Junction is the primary terminus and junc ...

is located in the city of (4 km from)

bus stand, and it is the largest railway junction in the district. It is one of the most important railway junctions in Southern Railway. Local town buses are plenty towards other parts of Vellore. Chittoor bus stand is a major road junction, which acts as the Bus depot for Katpadi. It is named so, as it was the starting point for all

Chittoor Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division, respectively. The city has a popu ...

buses previously. However, buses to Chittor now start from Vellore bus stand.

References

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