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Ranipet also known as Ranipettai (Rani means queen, pettai means district) is a suburb town and industrial hub of Vellore city in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is a medium-sized community located about 20 kilometers from the Vellore city center (from Vellore Fort) and also Ranipet is a part of vellore metropolitan area and 100 kilometers from Chennai, the fourth largest urban area in India. It is a major industrial town located on NH 4 Chennai- Bangalore highway.
This town is situated on the northern bank of the Palar river and had a population of 50,764 as of 2011.
Ranipet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Arakkonam Lok sabha Constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below..