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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Panapakkam<br />
| native_name = panapakkam<br />
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| native_name_lang = ta<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Town panchayat<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu<br />
| pushpin_label_position = left<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.92|N|79.58|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ranipet district|Ranipet]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = Nemili<br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
| leader_title = Leader,Town Panchayat<br />
| leader_name = E O<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 110<br />
| population_total = 10142<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 631052<br />
| registration_plate = '''TN-73'''<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Arakonam<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Sholinger<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Panapakkam''' is a [[panchayat town]] in '''Nemili Taluk''' of [[Ranipet district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].This town is located in the Ranipet District about 85 kilometres from the state capital of Chennai. Panapakkam is supposedly one of the hottest towns in India (next to Vellore), where the temperature can exceed 43&nbsp;°C (110&nbsp;°F) for several days in peak of the summer.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Panapakkam had a population of 10,142. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Panapakkam has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 57%. In Panapakkam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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All agriculture land are converting to Flat and Plot System.<br />
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Panapakkam is very near Kancheepuram new [[Greenfield project|greenfield]] Airport.<br />
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==Location==<br />
Panapakkam is about 85&nbsp;km west of Chennai, 50&nbsp;km east of Vellore and 18&nbsp;km west of Kanchipuram and 25&nbsp;km from Arakkonam.<br />
* Nearest airport: Chennai<br />
* Nearest seaport: Chennai<br />
* Nearest railway station: Tirumalpur (~13&nbsp;km)<br />
* Nearest railway station: Kanchipuram (~18&nbsp;km)<br />
* Nearest Main railway station: Arakkonam (~25&nbsp;km)<br />
* Nearest Police Station : Nemili, Thakkolam, Kaveripakkam -> [http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/CCTNSNICSDC/wicket/page?2 Vellore District Police Stations]<br />
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==Schools==<br />
* Government boys higher secondary school<br />
* Government girls' higher secondary school<br />
* Sri Saraswathi matric. higher secondary school<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Recently the assembly constituency has changed to Sholingur from Arakonam.<br />
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The sitting MLA Parthiepan was elected in the 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election.<br />
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The sitting MP S. Jagathrakshakan was elected in the 2019 parliamentary election.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ranipet district]]</div>imported>Ira Leviton