Viluppuram ''' is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Vizhuppuram district. Located south east of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore. The city serves as a major railway junction, and National Highway 45 passes through it. With agriculture as its main source of income, As of Government of India 2014 data, Vizhuppuram had a population of 1,40, 714 and the city's literacy rate has been recorded as 90.16% by Census 2011. In 1919, Vizhuppuram was officially constituted as a municipality, which today comprises 42 wards, making it the largest town and municipality in Vizhuppuram district.
Vizhuppuram is located in 11° 56' N 79° 29' E. which is in the far southeast part of India, situated south of Chennai, north of Trichy, east of Salem, west of Pondicherry shares the seashore of the Bay of Bengal. The area contains metamorphic rocks formed by pressure and heat belonging to the granite-like gneiss family. There are also three major groups of sedimentary rocks, layers of particles that settled in different geological periods. Kalrayan Hills forest park is located to the west and Gingee Hills forest park to the north. The Thatagiri Murugan Temple is about to the southeast in Senthamangalam with the Lord Siva temple in Koppampatti southwest of the town.
Demographics
, Viluppuram municipality was divided into 44 wards for which elections are held every five years and had a population of 96,253 of which 47,670 were male and 48,583 female.
Administration
Politically, Viluppuram is part of the Vizhuppuram Lok Sabha constituency and the Vizhuppuram State Assembly constituency. The municipality was established in 1919 and was upgraded to a second-grade municipality in 1953, the first-grade municipality in 1973, and a selection grade municipality in 1988. It has a population of 145874 and an area of. The town is divided into 42 wards. The municipal council is composed of 42 ward councilors and is headed by a chairperson elected by voters of the town. Councilors-elect a vice-chairperson among themselves while the executive wing is headed by a commissioner, who is assisted by a team of officials including the health officer, municipal engineer, town planning officer, manager, revenue officer and other staff.
Transport
Road
Viluppuram is connected by roads to major cities and to the rest of the state. The major national highways of the town are:
Vizhuppuram has a railway station. It was first built under the British. The Viluppuram Railway Junction at Vizhuppuram serves as the distribution point of rail traffic from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, towards the southern part of the state. It is one of the important junctions in Southern Railway. Five railway lines branch out of Vizhuppuram:
The nearest airport is Pondicherry Airport at Pondicherry, in Puducherry, approximately 40 km from Viluppuram. Pondicherry Airport is connected to Bangalore by commercial airlines. The nearest major airport is the Chennai International Airport, approximately 147 km from the town; the next closest major airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, approximately 170 km from the town.
Climate
Since the town is landlocked, the weather in Viluppuram is generally humid and hot. It relies on the monsoon for rain during October, November and December. Summers are very hot, and temperatures can get up to. Winters are moderate with temperatures ranging between Viluppuram has a tropical climate. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Viluppuram than in summer. This climate is considered to be Aw according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The average annual temperature is in Viluppuram with average annual rainfall of. The driest month is March, with of rainfall. With an average of per annum, the most precipitation falls in October. The warmest month of the year is May, with an average temperature of. January has the lowest average temperature of the year at The difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month is. During the year, the average temperatures vary by.
