Koonimedu is a panchayat village in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the Marakkanam block of the Viluppuram district and is located 22 kilometres from Pondicherry and 130 kilometres from Chennai. It has a population of approximately 5000 people, of whom 70% are Muslims and the remaining 30% predominantly non Muslims.Koonimedu is also known as chinna kuwait.Koonimedu village was one of the oldest villages in Villupuram. The latitude 12.11574 and longitude 79.907041 are the geocoordinate of the Koonimedu. Chennai is the state capital for Koonimedu village. It is located around 116.5 kilometer away from Koonimedu.. The other nearest state capital from Koonimedu is Pondicherry and its distance is 21.3 KM. The other surrouning state capitals are Pondicherry 21.3 KM., Bangalore 271.3 KM., Thiruv