Vasudevanallur
Village in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
Vasudevanallur is a town panchayat located 37 km from Tenkasi, The district headquarter in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is a lushy green town situated on the eastern foothills of Western Ghats. The Majority people of this town belong to farming community. The town is well known especially for cultivation of paddy, sugarcane, lemon etc.,
Geography
Vasudevanallur is located at 9.23°N 77.42°E / 9.23; 77.42. It has an average elevation of 178 metres (583 feet).
Nearest Railway Station is Sankarankovil, situated 20 kilometres away from the town
Nearest Airport is Madurai International Airport
TNSTC runs regular town buses and Mofussil buses from nearby towns, the major route is Madurai - Kollam,
Demographics
Source:
As of 2001 India census, Vasudevanallur had a population of 18,461. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Vasudevanallur had an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 74%, and female literacy was 51%. In Vasudevanallur, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.
It is a suburb of Vasudevanallur (Assembly constituency) and Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency, with an area of 10.40 km2.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Vasudevanallur” as village in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2541738. Authority coordinates are 9.230, 77.420. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.
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