Ranipet district is bounded by tiruvallur, kancheepuram districts in the east, tiruvannamalai district in the south and vellore district in the west and state of andhra pradesh in the north. The district lies between 12º93’20.63’’ to 12º55’55.42’’ north latitude and 79º33’66’’ to 79º20’47’’ east longitude and has an area extent of 2,234.32 sq.Km.

Physiography and drainage

       Ranipet district can be broadly classified as plain region with small hillock. Where, the palar river region is plain and sloping towards east.. The palar river in its course is successively enriched by the tributaries in this district is ponnai river. Palar is not a perennial river and occurrence of flood is very rare and of very short duration. However river palar has good thickness of alluvium of all through.