Sankarapuram is a Town Panchayat of Kallakurichi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu

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Sankarapuram
Town
Sankarapuram
Sankarapuram Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11.8895°N 78.914°E / 11.8895; 78.914
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	kallakurichi
Named for	Agriculture
Government
• Type	Town panchayat
Area
• Total	11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Elevation	164 m (538 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,664
• Density	1,350/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	606 401
Telephone code	0-4151
Vehicle registration	TN-15
Website	http://sankarapuram.com

Theatres

NVN Theatre

Barkath Theatre.

Schools in sankarapuram

1. Government Boys Higher secondary School
2. Government Girls Higher Secondary School
3. Oxford metric higher secondary school
4. New Power metric higher secondary School
5. Joseph Academy metric higher secondary school
6. Jayam Matric higher secondary School
7. Chakra vidyalaya CBSE school vada semapalayam

Transportation

Road

SH-6 Kallakurichi - Sankarapuram -Tiruvannamalai Road

SH-68 Sankarapuram - Thirukovilur-Cuddalore Road

SH-135 Sankarapuram-Kachirayapalayam-Kallakurichi

Rail

Nearest Railway Station are

1. ChinnaSalem 34 km
2. Tirukoilur 43 km
3. Tiruvannamalai 50 km

Villages in Sankarapuram

There are total of 192 villages in sankarapuram taluk before chinnasalem and kalvarayan Taluk creation. Sankarapuram Taluk was largest taluk before trifurcation into chinnasalem and kalvarayan taluks. The list of villages of sankarapuram taluk is available here

Nearby Cities

• Salem-118 km
• Chennai-237 km
• Trichy-180 km
• Coimbatore-278 km
• Tiruvannamalai - 46 km
• Kallakurichi - 18 km
• Bangalore -248 km
• Tirupati - 251 km
• Thirukoilur -37 km

Buses Available for top Cities from Sankarapuram

1. Bangalore 2. Tirupathi 3. Chennai 4. Salem 5. Cuddalore 6. Hosur 7. Krishnagiri 8. Tiruvannamalai 9. Kallakurichi 10. Tirukoilur

References

• http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803437-sankarapuram.html
• https://sankarapuram.com
• https://sankarapuram.com/search-shop/?search_keywords=&search_location=&search_categories%5B%5D=132&search_radius=50&search_lat=0&search_lng=0

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