Pennagaram | |
Other Name: | Pennagram |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 12.13°N 77.9°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Dharmapuri |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | Town |
Elevation M: | 493 |
Population Total: | 17480 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 980 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 636810 |
Registration Plate: | TN-29 |
Pennagaram is a town in Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of Pennagaram taluk (sub-district).
Pennagaram is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 493 metres (1617 feet).The famous tourist place Hogenakkal Falls, is 15 km from Pennagaram.Crocodile farm is available in Hogenakkal.
India census,[2] Pennagaram had a population of 18,100. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pennagaram has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 52%. In Pennagaram, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is very near (15 km) to Hogenakkal Falls in Pennagaram taluk, which is called India's Niagara.
Panchayats are Perumbalai - Semmanur.
Pennagaram assembly constituency is part of Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
Agriculture for the primary occupation in the area.
RTO office located in Dharmapuri.
Pennagaram is a connected in three state highways in other district. There is bus service to Chennai, Bangalore, Salem, Erode, Dharmapuri, Pondichery, Krishnagiri, Hosur, Thirupattur, Tiruppur, Ramnagar and district other major cities. State highway 60h connected in Pennagaram-Dharmapuri-Thiruppattur.
The nearest railway station at Dharmapuri in 30 kilometers from Pennagaram.