Valangaiman (also spelt as Valangaiman) is a town Panchayat in the Valangaiman taluk of

Thiruvarur district Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males. Geography The district occupies an area of 2,161 ...

in the

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. It is the headquarters of Valangaiman Taluk.

Geography

Valangiman has an elevation of . It is situated about 31 kilometres northwest of the district seat of

Tiruvarur Thiruvarur () also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing and mea ...

and 10 kilometres south of

Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum) or Kudanthai is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the headq ...

. It is about 40 kilometers east of Thanjavur, 14 kilometers north of Needamangalam and 30 km west of Thiruvarur.

Demographics

In the 2011 India

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, Valangaiman had a population of 11,754. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Valangaiman had an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 73%, and female literacy was 63%. In 2001 in Valangaiman, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Education

Govt. Polytechnic College Valangaiman, 300 students per year 60 per branch are admitted every year.

Politics

Valangaiman belongs to

Nannilam assembly constituency Nannilam is a state assembly constituency in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and large ...

. Food minister Kamaraj is the current Mla for Nannilam assembly constituency until 2026. Food minister Kamaraj is the Mla for Nannilam assembly constituency. Nannilam is part of Nagapattinam. Valangaiman belongs to Thiruvarur district Tamil Nadu (Lok Sabha constituency). There are 102 streets in Valangaiman town. Valangaiman town panchayat has 15 wards. Pungancheri and Valayamapuram and Layam are part of Valangaiman town panchayat.

References

Cities and towns in Tiruvarur district {{Tiruvarur-geo-stub