General Information In ancient times, the Vanigars (People who do business) have come down for settled in this town hence it was named in the beginning as “Vaniyarbadi” later on slowly renamed as Vaniyambadi. Vaniyambadi Town is situated on the bank of Palar River. The latitude is 17°.42 and longititude 78°.35. Extent of the town is 9.53 Sq. KM. The town is located at 351.21 Meters from Mean Sea level. Vaniyambadi Town is one of major Tanning Center in Vellore District Vaniyambadi Town is located along National Highways No.46 namely Madras to Bangalore Road. It is at a distance of 67 kms southwest of Vellore this town is well connected with adjacent towns Ambur, Vellore, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri. Vaniyambadi is Taluk Head Quarters. Leather tanning and leather articles manufacturing is the main commercial activities of this town. There are several tannering are situated in and around the Town. Palar River divides the town in to two parts. One great flood in the River Palar on 12th Nov 1903 washed away the town and on rehabilitation of the affected people. New town was formed. Out of this, Vaniyambadi Municipality has two Towns in the year 1904. The Special feature of this Municipality is, it has one separate park for Ladies. Infrastructure BusStand Agriculture The estates are the main places for the agricultural activities as far as this town is concerned. A considerable portion of tea is grown in the estates located around Vaniyambadi Town (4.20 Acres ) Transport The Tamil Nadu state Bus transport corporation is providing 90% of transport facilities to this town. Besides the bus facilities the southern Railway is providing train facilities century old Railway station. Train facilities are available Madras, Bangalore, Other State, Karnataka , Kerala, North East India. .