Venkatachalapuram


Venkatachalapuram is a small village situated in Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India, south of the district headquarters, Theni.

Politics and district administration

The Venkatachalapuram village panchayat comes under Theni Panchayat Union. The village comes under the Bodinayakkanur state assembly constituency and the Theni Lok Sabha constituency. Current Member of Parliament is Mr. Thanga Tamil Selvanrepresenting Theni Lok Sabha constituency from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party. Current Member of legislative Assembly is Mr. O. Panneerselvam representing Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. As per revenue administration, this village comes under Periyakulam revenue division, Theni revenue taluk, Koduvilarpatti revenue firka, and Jangalpatti revenue village. The Theni district collector is Ranjeet Singh IAS who took charge as collector on 13 February 2025. Dr. Bhukya Sneha Priya IPS is current Superintendent of police of Theni district who assumed charge on 21 July 2025.

Population

As of India's 2011 census, the population of the village was 2,406. It has a scheduled caste population of 329 with no scheduled tribe population.

Notable person