Kangeyam or Kangayam is a second grade municipality in Kangeyam taluk of Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at the heart of Tirupur district, on Gudalur-Nagapattinam National Highway 67, which runs from Nagapattinam, a sea-side town in Tamil Nadu to Gundlupet in Chamrajnagar district of Karnataka. Kangeyam is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu, with the main commercial interests being rice hulling, coconut oil extraction, Ghee production and groundnut cultivation. The famous Kangayam bull, which is known around the world for its superior draught strength and adaptability to poor nutritional conditions, is indigenous to the area around Kangayam, and is named after the town.