8-791: Marakkanam is a coastal panchayat town & Taluk in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is well connected to the state capital Chennai and the nearby union territory of Puducherry by the East Coast Road . To the west, Marakkanam is connected to the town of Tindivanam by the SH-134 . Marakkanam is situated on the declared National Waterways NW-4 . On materialisation of National Waterways NW-4, Marakkanam will be connected to two states Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada) and Puducherry through north and south of Buckingham Canal . Marakkanam
16-507: A minimum of ten elected ward members and three nominated members. The Chairperson or President is the head of Nagar Panchayat. The NAC members of the Nagar are elected the several wards of the nagar panchayat on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. One third of the seats are reserved for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes and women. The Councillors or Ward Members are chosen by direct election from electoral wards in
24-532: A population of 19,153. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marakkanam has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Marakkanam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Government Hospital, Marakkanam (Near ECR bypass) Panchayat town A nagar panchayat ( transl. 'town council' ) or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India
32-409: Is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality . An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat. The population requirement for a Town Panchayat can vary from state to state. Such councils are formed under the panchayati raj administrative system. In census data,
40-423: The abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat". Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies (ULB). The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government. Each Nagar Panchayat has a committee consisting of a chairperson or president with ward members. Membership consists of
48-430: The nagar panchayat. Alongside the elected officials, the state government appoints officers to facilitate the administration and functioning of Nagar Panchayats. Such as chief executive officer or Secretary, Superintendents, Engineers, Health Inspectors, etc. These officers are appointed based on specific rules and regulations set by the state government. The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by
56-531: The twentieth century. Canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down, but later the usage has downgraded due to industrial pollution of water. In 2013, a violent clash occurred in this town on the basis of caste, in which two people died. Indian Postal code for Marakkanam is 604303. Marakkanam panchayat town was divided into 56 Village Panchayats .The following are the Village Panchayats under Marakkanam As of 2001 India census , Marakkanam had
64-577: Was connected to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh through the Buckingham Canal , a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal. The 110-km stretch from Marakkanam to Chennai is called South Buckingham Canal . The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras). It was constructed by the British Raj, and was an important waterway during the late nineteenth and
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