 Chengam has an average literacy rate of 79.3.Child population in the age below 6 was 2210 males and 2479 females.This town is also famous for Big historic temple (Venugopala Parthasarathy Temple).Chengam Sri VenuGopala Parthasarathy Perumal Temple is more than 700 years old.Its architecture and layout is a model for Annamalaiyar Temple.