Veerampattinam

Veerampattinam
Veerampattinam
Village
	Veerampattinam Location in Puducherry, India Veerampattinam Veerampattinam (India)
	Coordinates: 11°53′40″N 79°49′27″E / 11.894389°N 79.824139°E
Country	India
State	Puducherry
District	Pondicherry
Taluk	Puducherry
Commune	Ariyankuppam
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• Additional	English, French
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	605 007
Telephone code	0413
Vehicle registration	PY-01
Sex ratio	50% ♂/♀

Veerampattinam is the largest coastal village in the union territory of Puducherry situated between Pondicherry and Cuddalore. The village is 7 km away from the Pondicherry city centre and frequent bus services are available from Pondicherry for almost once in every 10–15 minutes. The population of the village is more than 10,000.. Around 5,000 people are registered as voters with the Election Commission of India.

Beach

The village has a lengthy beach which attracts tourists from local as well as abroad.

Festivals

The village is famous for its Car Festival^[1]^[2] celebrated here on the occasion of the six weeks long village temple (Sri Sengazhuneer Amman Temple) festival since the date immemorial. It attracts thousands of people from far and near. Veerampattinam is also famous for Masi Magam^[3] (gathering of several deities in front of beach) which is held in February/March of every year.

Education

There are three government schools (Primary school, Jeevarathinam Girls Middle School and Singaravelar High School) in the village. Some of the children are taking the advantage of the village schools and others are going to private schools outside the village.