Rishivandiyam

Rishivandiyam
irrudivanm
town
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Government
 • Body Rishivandiyam
Population (2001)
 • Total 118,665
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 606205
Telephone code 04151
Vehicle registration TN-15
Coastline 60 kilometres (37 mi)
Nearest city Kallakurichi
Sex ratio 0.98 ♂/♀
Literacy 72%
Lok Sabha constituency Kallakurichi
Civic agency Rishivandiyam
Climate Temperate (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 30 °C (86 °F)

Rishivandiyam is a town panchayat in the Viluppuram district.in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Rishivandhiyam is one of the 22 blocks of Villupuram, and has 53 panchayat villages in it.

Lake of Rishivandiyam

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1962 L. Anandan Indian National Congress
1967 M. Anandan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971 N. Dharmalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 M. Sundaram Indian National Congress
1980 M. Sundaram Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 S. Sivaraj Indian National Congress
1989 Ekal M. Natesa Odayar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 M. Govindaraju Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 S. Sivaraj Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2001 S. Sivaraj Tamil Maanila Congress
2006 S. Sivaraj Indian National Congress
2011 Vijayakanth Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K.Karthikeyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|

Demographics

Total population: 118665
Male: 59905
Female: 58760 Vijayakanth emerged victorious from the Rishivandhiyam constituency in the 2011 state assembly elections

Co ordination and location

Latitude: 11.817
Longitude: 79.100
UTM: KU90
Geographical coordinates in decimal degrees (WGS84) Coordinates: 11°49′01″N 79°06′00″E / 11.817°N 79.100°E / 11.817; 79.100


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