Vaikuntham is a neighborhood in Sankagiri taluk, Salem district, India. Vaikuntham is located near to Salem on NH 47 (Salem to Coimbatore). There is a Toll Plaza located near Vaikuntham.

Vaikuntham
Neighborhood
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
Area
 • Total5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 • Total50,000
 • Density10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTN 27
No Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)

Facilities edit

Vaikuntham has a bank, school, telephone exchange, post office, Aavin milk booth, and Santhai (vegetable market) on every Tuesday where local farmers gather and sell their vegetables and goods.

Worshipping edit

Temple edit

Selli Amman Temple edit

The Selli Amman (Sellandiyamman) Temple is a well known and famous temple around in this village. Every year in the month of November, four days festival at this temple is being conducted. All native villagers across the states in India gather with their family members and enjoy the festival. Typical folk dances, bull embracing, Oyilaattam, Giant wheel, etc will be present in the temple ground for peoples amusement.

Subneighborhood edit

Kaali Patti privu edit

Kaali Patti Privu is a sub village of Vaikuntham. Here is a hospital, village administrative office and EB office.

Farmers weekly market edit

Every Tuesdays farmers conduct a one day market in vaikuntham where nearby people gather and purchase and sell the vegetables and goods.

Bank and ATM edit

Here government agriculture loan bank, Canara bank[3] are available with safety locker option. ATM facility is available at the bank.

Transportation edit

Vaikuntham and Kali patti pirivu have 24-hour bus transportation. Every half an hour it has bus transportation to Salem, Sankgiri, Erode, Bavani.

Educational institutions edit

Vaikuntham has a government higher secondary school and Amman matriculation school.

Hospital edit

Nearby located is a government primary clinic; Muthusamy clinic.

People and occupations edit

Occupations of villagers are mostly agriculture, rope making and textile. The famous food chain "Saravana Bhavan" hotel is located on the side of NH-47.

Business edit

The village is famous for supplying mangoes all over the place. It has mango mandis on roadside and the famous online mango seller named "Salem Mango"[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "SALEM DISTRICT - SANKARI TALUK - REVENUE VILLAGES - NAME LIST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Macdonald s Choultry Block - Panchayat Villages". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "IFSC Code for Canara Bank Vaikuntham". Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Buy Alphonso Malgoa Sendoora Kilimooku ImamPasand - Salem Mangoes". www.salemmango.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.