Vennandur block

Vennandur block is a revenue block in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India. Vennandur block  is  located  in  north  eastern  region  in  Namakkal district. It has a total of 24 panchayat villages. Vennanthur town is the head quarter of this block.

Geography
Vennandur block is located at 11°30′37.6″N 78°05′52.5″E. It has an average elevation of 218 metres (726 ft). It is close to Alavaimalai Hills - which is part of the Eastern Ghats. The closest river is Thirumanimutharu origin from mount yercaud. Namakkal is the district capital is located around 39 km from Vennandur.Chennai is the state capital is located around 370 km from Vennandur. The other nearest state capital from Vennandr is Bangalore and its distance is 223 km, Pondicherry is 237 km and Thiruvananthapuram is 517 km.

Administrative Office & Administration
Vennandur union office is located at Attayampatti-Masakkalipatti (DMR) road in Vennandur. In Vennandur revenue block of Namakkal District there are twenty four villages and many sub villages. All villages  are  electrified  in  the  Vennandur block.

Agriculture
Cent percent  rural  in  character. The average  rainfall  is  712.3  (in mms) in the Vennandur block. Of the  total  food  crops,  18462  hectares  are  food  crops. 49.88 percent are  net  area  sown  in  this  block. Paddy, Ragi,  Cholam,  Cumbu, etc.,  are  13.40  percent  in  the  food  crops. There are  commercial  food crops  like  groundnut,  Sugarcane,  Tapioca,  cotton,  etc.,  are  25.85 percent  in  Vennandur  block. 60.74 percent  are  other  food  crops  in Vennandur block. There are  2607  hectares  of  land  irrigated  with  dug  wells,  4423 wells are used for irrigation in Vennandur block. The total  number  of  agricultural  holdings  in  Vennandur  block are 6,503. Of this, 53.05 percent holdings are less than one hectare, 27.72 percent  holdings  are  between  1  -  2  hectare,  17.54  percent holdings  are  between  2-4  hectare,  1.59  percent  holdings  are  between 4-10  hectare,  0.07  percent  holdings  are  10  and  above  in  the Vennandur block.

Number of Panchayat Villages (24)

 * Anandagoundampalayam is a village located in Vennandur block.
 * Akkaraipatti
 * Alampatti
 * Alavaipatti
 * Kallankulam
 * Kattanachampatti
 * Keelur
 * Kuttaladampatti
 * Mathiyampatti
 * Mattuvelampatti
 * Minnakkal
 * Moolakadu
 * Nachipatti
 * Naduppatty
 * No 3 Komarapalayam
 * O Sowthapuram
 * Palanthinnipatti
 * Pallavanaickenpatti
 * Ponparappipatti
 * R Pudupalayam
 * Semmandapatti
 * Thengalpalayam
 * Thottipatti
 * Thottiyavalasu