Kanji, Tamil Nadu

Kanji
Village Panchayat
Kanji
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Kanji
Kanji (India)
Coordinates: 12°22′55″N 78°57′50″E / 12.382°N 78.964°E / 12.382; 78.964Coordinates: 12°22′55″N 78°57′50″E / 12.382°N 78.964°E / 12.382; 78.964
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvanamalai
Elevation 121 m (397 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 8,084
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kanji alias Kanchi is a panchayat town in Chengam taluk in Tiruvanamalai district, Tamil Nadu, India. Its population in the 2011 census was 5,873[1]. It is located 23 km away from north-west of the temple town of Tiruvannaamalai, at an elevation of 121m above sea level. Some of the business units and small scale industries in Kanji are rice mills, garment manufacturing, shoe companies and hand-looms. It has a temple devoted to Lord Murugan as well as the Karaikandeswarar temple.

Educational Institutions

Schools

  • St.Antony's school[2]
  • Good Heart primary school
  • Kamalambal primary school
  • Government boys hr.sec school
  • Government girls hr.sec school
  • Government elementary school

College

  • Annai Terasa Nursery Training College
  • Vivekanandha Art School

Other

A craft centre and Shanthi Lumin children's home are supported by foreign charities including the British charity The Kanji Project[3].

Medical and hospitals

  • Nalam Hospital,
  • Lions hospital,
  • Annai terasa hospital,

Medical

  • Rajugandhi medical,
  • Giri medical,
  • Shankar medical,
  • Katheravan Medical
  • BHARAT MEDICAL

Retail Outlet.

  • Praghathi Agencies.

Marriage halls

  • Sri Jayaram Marriage Hall,
  • AVM hall,
  • D.Ramasamy Sagunithala Hall,
  • Om Shakthi Hall,
  • ANR hall,
  • Krishnamoorthi Hall,
  • Murugan temple small and big marriage halls,
  • Karaikandheeswarar temple hall

References

  1. ↑ Census 2011 data for Kanji
  2. ↑ St Anthony's School on The Kanji Project website
  3. ↑ The Kanji Project (British charity) homepage
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