Koonimedu is a panchayat village in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the Marakkanam block of the Viluppuram district and is located 22 kilometres from Pondicherry and from Chennai. It has a population of approximately 5000 people, of whom 50% are Muslims and the remaining 50% predominantly non Muslims.Koonimedu is also known as chinna Kuwait because of their occupational route. One after another, koonimedu people travelleing Kuwait to earn. Apart from Kuwait, some other countries where Koonimedu NRIs living is Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Oman, Qatar, France and Saudi Arabia. Koonimedu village was one of the oldest villages in Villupuram. It is said that, Muslim population spread here during period King Arcod Nawab, for his soldiers passing way to Pondicherry old French colony. The latitude 12.11574 and longitude 79.907041 are the geocoordinate of the Koonimedu. Chennai is the state capital for Koonimedu village. It is located around away from Koonimedu.. The other nearest state capital from Koonimedu is Pondicherry and its distance is 21.3 km The other surrounding state capitals are Pondicherry 21.3 km, Bangalore 271.3 km, Thiruvananthapuram The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Koonimedu are Anumandai 5.9 km, Marakkanam 10.5 km, Siruvadi 12.5 km, Endiyur 23.2 km, Molasur 24.1 km, Annamputhur 26.0 km, etc.
Koonimedu village is located in the UTC 5.30 time zone and it follows Indian standard time. Koonimedu sun rise time varies 10 minutes from IST. The vehicle driving side in Koonimedu is left, all vehicles should take left side during driving. Koonimedu people are using its national currency which is Indian Rupee and its international currency code is INR. Koonimedu phones and mobiles can be accessed by adding the Indian country dialing code +91 from abroad. Koonimedu people are following the dd/mm/yyyy date format in day-to-day life. Koonimedu domain name extension is.in.
The nearest railway stations in and around Koonimedu
The nearest railway station to Koonimedu is Puducherry which is located in and around 22.9 kilometres' distance. The following table shows other railway stations and its distance from koonimedu.
Puducherry railway station 22.9 km
Villianur railway station 27.1 km
Olakur railway station 29.2 km
Tindivanam railway station 30.5 km
Mailam railway station 30.6 km
Nearest airport to Koonimedu
Koonimedu's nearest airport is Pondicherry Airport situated at 16.0 km distance. Few more airports around Koonimedu are as follows.
The other nearest district headquarters is puducherry situated at 21.8 km distance from Koonimedu. Surrounding districts from Koonimedu are as follows.
Puducherry district 21.8 km
Cuddalore district 44.4 km
Viluppuram district 49.0 km
Kanchipuram district 84.4 km
Tiruvannamalai district 91.1 km
Nearest town/city to Koonimedu
Koonimedu's nearest town/city/important place is Marakkanam located at the distance of 10.5 kilometres. Surrounding town/city/TP/CT from Koonimedu are as follows:
Marakkanam 10.5 km
Kalapet 5.0 km
Pondicherry 21.3 km
Villupuram 49.0 km
Auroville 15.0 km
Schools in and around Koonimedu
Koonimedu nearest schools has been listed as follows.