Anaicut

Anaicut or Anaikattu ( pronunciation ) is a rural village Panchayat and a village Taluk in Vellore district. It is located 20 km from Vellore city limit. Anaicut is surrounded by Pallikonda Town, It has a taluk office instead of Pallikonda Town is nearby.

It is one of the state assemblies in Tamil Nadu, India. The name of the village is often confused with dam, but there are no such dams in and around the village. This region was popular for agriculture. In Early days rice segregated from paddy using elephants in this region. The name aanai refers to elephant and kattu refers to tie in Tamil language. 'Aanaikattu becomes Anaikattu and further Anaicut during the British period . Nearby this village Highest economical income is from Pallikonda Town, odugathur Town and taluk surrounding

It has one of a oldest two government higher secondary schools in Vellore district , Sree Krishna Engineering college Under Anna University and a few private secondary and primary nursery schools

Anaicut is also famous for "Dhraupati Amman Temple" wherein religious drama and speech about "Mahabaratham" conducted with the belief of praying for rain. Devotees from surrounding villages visited to hear these speeches.

Shandy (Weekly market) every Saturday is the common place for sellers and buyers of vegetables

Coordinates: 12°52′35″N 78°59′17″E / 12.876311°N 78.988148°E / 12.876311; 78.988148