Gandhinagar, Tiruvannamalai

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar-Lakshmipuram
town
Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai
Gandhinagar Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°13′N 79°07′E / 12.22°N 79.11°E / 12.22; 79.11
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	48,923
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	606 602{fully} ,606 610 & 606 603 {partly}.
Telephone code	91(04175)-
Vehicle registration	TN-25
Rainfall	76
Avg. summer temperature	41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	18 °C (64 °F)
Website	www.injimedu.in

Gandhinagar-lakshmipuram is 3rd grade municipality in thiruvannamalai UA, constructed in the year 2002 from the former gandhinagar special grade town panchayat and laskmipuram area carved out from the thyagi annamalai nagar town panchayat of thiruvannamalai UA. Many new peoples considers Gandhinagar is the part of thiruvannamalai city but it only serves as a part of Thiruvannamalai UA.It spreads out on the Tindivanam and Pondicherry(via:villupuram & vettavalam)roads of thiruvannamalai UA.

In 2001 gandhinagar has population of 30 thousand and in 2002 after joining of lakshmipuram {population :11000] it was totally 41000. Gandhinagar have a population of over 36 thousand and lakhmipurm have more than 15000 people totally this town having population of over 51000 providing sub urban to Tiruvannamalai urbanity. it comes under Tiruvannamalai urban agglomerations on Pondicherry Road NH 66 and Villupuram Road NH 234. There are two railway stations for Gandhinagar: one is "Gandinagar-Lakshmipuram" and another is Old Gandinagar at Villupuram - Pondicherry railway route.