Cheyyar

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Cheyyar
Town
Tiruvetipuram
Tiruvetipuram temple at Cheyyar river bank
Nickname:  River Town
Cheyyar Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 12°39′43″N 79°32′37″E / 12.662000°N 79.543500°E / 12.662000; 79.543500
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai District
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Body	Tiruvetipuram Municipality
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Town	37,802
• Metro	53,802
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	604407
Telephone code	+91-4182 / 04182
Vehicle registration	TN-97
Lok Sabha constituency	Arani (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Cheyyar (State Assembly Constituency)

Cheyyar, officially Tiruvetipuram is a Town in the Tiruvannamalai District in the Tamil Nadu state of South India. The most common name of this town is Cheyyar but it is also referred to as Tiruvetipuram in many government records. The town has an ancient temple called Vedapureeswarar Temple situated on the banks of the river.^[1]