Vadakadu Explained

Vadakadu
Settlement Type:	city
Pushpin Map:	India Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:	10.3418°N 79.0609°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Pudukkottai
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	S Manikandan BE
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	1250
Elevation M:	79
Population Total:	8742
Population As Of:	2004
Population Density Km2:	100
Demographics Type1:	Languages
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics1 Info1:	Tamil
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30
Postal Code Type:	PIN
Postal Code:	622304
Area Code Type:	Telephone code
Area Code:	04322-253***
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:	50% ♂/♀

Vadakadu is one of the largest villages in Alangudi, Tamil Nadu, India.

Mariamman Temple is a Hindu temple in the village. The temple's annual festival falls in May as well as Sithirai.

People are mostly engaged in agriculture.

Geography

Vadakadu is located at

• This town lies near Alangudi, a town in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India.
• This area mostly consists of red soil.
• samraj lives here, he is smart guy

Demographics

Nearby villages are Pullanviduthi, Avanam

Protest

• This is a place where the protests intensified for the hydrocarbon fracking to mine gas decision from the central government of India where people of Neduvasal are agitating against decision of the Government as it can pollute water and land here used for agriculture.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Economy

• This area is mainly depends on agriculture.
• It's plux board are quality and high quality vinyl banners.

Tourism

• Sri muthumariyamman kovil

Schools

• Thangam matriculation school, Vadakadu
• Lions matriculation school, Mangadu
• Government hr. sec school, Vadakadu
• 1 government middle school and 5 primary school among different streets
• ThaiTamil school, Vadakadu
• Mercy School, Vadakadu

Banks

• UCO Bank
• PCC Bank

Nearest villages

• Keeramangalam
• Mangadu
• Avanam
• Kothamangalam
• Pullanviduthi

Entertainment

• Kabbadi, frequently arranged kabbadi matches.
• cricket, cricket matches held annually from April to June.
• volleyball, so many volleyball Player around this area.state level Matches held here.

Notable people

• A.Venkatachalam, [1984, 1996 and 2001], during this time, he was also the Minister for Tourism in Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha's cabinet.
• T. Pushparaju, Indian National Congress candidate from Alangudi constituency in 1977 election and from Thirumayam constituency in 1984 election. District President Thirumayam constituency Pudukkottai Congress Committee in 15 year continue.
• samraj [2002 to till date] one of an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All You Need to Know About the Protests in Neduvasal, Tamil Nadu. Jayaraman. Nityanand. thewire.in. en-GB. 2017-05-23.
2. News: 2017-05-23 . Protests against hydrocarbon project temporarily suspended in Neduvasal, Tamil Nadu . livemint.com/ . 2017-03-10 . Thangavelu . Dharani.
3. News: One hydrocarbon project, many fault lines. Ganesan. S.. The Hindu. 2017-05-23. en.