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Katpadi,Vellore
—  neighbourhood  —
Katpadi,Vellore Location of Katpadi,Vellore in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	12°59′N 79°08′E / 12.98°N 79.13°E / 12.98; 79.13Coordinates: 12°59′N 79°08′E / 12.98°N 79.13°E / 12.98; 79.13
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Vellore District
Subdistrict(s)	Katpadi
Mayor	Mrs.P. Karthiyayini
Parliamentary constituency	Arakkonam
Assembly constituency	Katpadi
Civic agency	Vellore Municipal Corporation
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 224 metres (735 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 632007 • Telephone • +91 416 • Vehicle • TN 23

Katpadi (pronounced [katːpaːdi]) is an locality in Vellore, at the northern most part of Vellore city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The place gained importance due to its strategic location on the broad gauge line between Chennai-Bangalore and Villupuram-Tirupati. It is known to house VIT, one of India's premier educational institution.

Geography[link]

Katpadi is located at 12°59′N 79°08′E / 12.98°N 79.13°E / 12.98; 79.13.^[1] It has an average elevation of 224 metres (734 feet).

Katpadi was once a village and was upgraded to a panchayat town,supported by its own Taluk office. It is a major Assembly Constituency. The original Katpadi village is now called Old Katpadi which lies on road which connects Thiruvalam and Chittor Bus Stop.

Katpadi lies in the northern side of the Palar river. Andhra Pradesh state border is just a 5 minute drive from Katpadi. When, Vellore was upgraded to a Corporation, Katpadi also included in the city limits. The Government Boys Higher Secondary School located here is more than 100 years old.

A broad gauge railway line which connects Tamil Nadu to Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu (Chennai - Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupathi - Mysore) passes through Katpadi. The railway station is location on Cuddalor - Chittor State Highway, SH 9.

Katpadi Junction is the name station which serves as the primary railway station of Vellore city, providing connectivity to virtually every city and town in India.

Vellore-Katpadi Junction[link]

Katpadi Junction is located in Vellore city,one of the most important junctions in Southern Railway bearing the station code KPD. It is the largest railway Junction in vellore district. It has four direction route, North-East direction towards Chennai, North-West towards Andhra Pradesh and North India, South-west towards Coimbatore, Karnataka and kerala, South towards Kanyakumari, Madurai.

And also,it is the prestigious railway junction because chennai-bangalore shatabdi express stops here and also it is the only junction shatabdi stops between chennai-bangalore. And also except mysore shatabdi and chennai-kovai duronto non-stop exp, all super fast trains stops here. Totally 150 trains (Up and Down)crossing through vellore-Katpadi Junction everyday. The number of commuters have increased tremendously mainly due to the Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMC), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), the temple town of Tirupati and more recently due to the Golden temple at Sripuram,vellore. Vellore-Katpadi Junction handling morethan 20,000 persons per day.

Chittoor Bus Stand[link]

Once up a time this is a starting point for all chittoor buss,thereafter everyone called chittoor bus stand. this Bus Stand is the biggest bus stop and the only Bus stand in Katpadi locality. The name refers to chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. This is because all chittoor buses stop here. Many buses start here. There are buses to Gudiyatham, walaja, Arcot, Ranipet, Thiruvalam ans Muthukadai from here. The place was only a bare land in 1995, but due to the development of katpadi, Chittoor bus stand has developed to great heights. There is a new building being built by the corporation for shops and also for public shelter. There is a statue of C._N._Annadurai in this bus stop.

Bus Route[link]

Buses from many towns pass through Katpadi, like Gudiyatham, Chittoor, Madanapalle and also Banglore through chittor. Local City Bus of vellore starts from Katpadi to Bagayam. These are the following stops in katpadi zone.

• Vallimalai Road
• Gudiyatham Road
• Railway Station
• Panjayat Board
• Chittor Bus stop
• Odai Pillayar Koil
• Auxilium Roundana
• Electricity Board
• Don Bosco
• Kalyana Mandabam
• Silk Mill
• Kangeyanallur Road
• Viruthampet

Bus start from chittor bus stop to chennai(thiruvalam,ranipet,muthukadai,arcot,walaja) route via follow the stops.

• katpadi bus stop(old katpadi,VIT Road,chennai road)
• EB stop(old katpadi,VIT Road,chennai road)
• VIT Bus stop

Important Statues[link]

There are 4 statues of leaders in Katpadi, located in these four major Bus stops.

• Chittoor Bus Stop --> C._N._Annadurai
• Odai Pillayar Koil --> M. G. Ramachandran
• Auxilium college Roundana --> K_Kamaraj
• Kalyana Mandabam --> Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy

Vellore Institute of Technology University (VIT)[link]

The Vellore Institute of Technology University (popularly known as VIT) is in Katpadi, Vellore. VIT has been ranked as the best private engineering university in India by the magazine India Today.^[2][3] Both India Toady and Times of India ranked had ranked VIT at No.12. VIT is also the first Indian University to be accredited by the prestigious Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) in London and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the USA. VIT University has six schools of study under its umbrella and also houses the VIT Business School. The college has around 15000 students from all over India and from over 20 countries studying in its campus.

Aerial View of VIT Vellore Campus.

Aerial View of VIT Vellore Campus.

Cinema[link]

The only theatre in Katpadi is Balaji Theatre. Apsa theatre was recently closed.

Politics[link]

Katpadi assembly constituency is part of Arakkonam(Lok Sabha constituency).^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• [1]
• Katpadi traintiming