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Pannaipuram
Town
PannaipuramLocation in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 9°51′43″N 77°16′19″E / 9.86194°N 77.27194°E / 9.86194; 77.27194
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Population
• Total	9,323
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625 524
Vehicle registration	TN 60

Pannaipuram is a panchayat town in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is in Uthamapalayam Talak, Theni District.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Pannaipuram had a population of 9323. Males constitute 49.6% of the population and females 50.4%. Pannaipuram has an average literacy rate of 74.93%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82.58%, and female literacy is 67.42%. In Pannaipuram, 8.34% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable people

• Ilaiyaraaja, composer
• Gangai Amaran film director, Ilaiyaraaja's brother
• Yuvan Shankar Raja, composer, Ilaiyaraaja's son
• Karthik Raja, composer Ilaiyaraaja's son
• Bhavatharini, singer, Ilaiyaraaja's daughter

Neutrino project

Pannaipuram is 5 kilometres south of the proposed Indian Neutrino observatory site in the Bodi West Hills.

References

1. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
2. "India-based Neutrino Observatory project gets Centre's approval, ball in Tamil Nadu's court". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

v t e Theni district
Taluks	Andipatti Bodinayakanur Periyakulam Theni Uthamapalayam
Revenue	Revenue divisions Periyakulam Uthamapalayam Revenue blocks Andipatti Bodinayakanur Periyakulam Theni Uthamapalayam Chinnamanur Myladumparai Cumbum
Cities and towns	Andipatti Andipatti Jakkampatti B. Meenakshipuram Bodinayakkanur Boothipuram Chinnamanur Cumbum Devadanapatti Gudalur Hanumanthampatti Kamayagoundanpatti Kombai Kuchanur Markayankottai Melachokkanathapuram Odaipatti Palani Chettipatti Pannaipuram Periyakulam SukkangalPatti Thamaraikulam Theni (district headquarters) Theni Allinagaram Thenkarai Thevaram Uthamapalayam Veerapandi
Villages	Anai patti Anaimalayanpatty Bodimettu Erasakkanayakkanur Erumalainayakkanpatti Ganguvarpatti Kadamalaigundu Kamatchipuram Lakshmipuram Marugalpatty Myaladumparai Solaithevanpatti T.Subbulapuram Vadakarai Vadugapatti Varusanadu Venkatachalapuram
Electoral constituencies	Lok Sabha Theni Vidhan Sabha Bodinayakkanur Cumbum Periyakulam Theni (former)

• Cities and towns in Theni district