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Radhapuram Taluk
Radhapuram taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language .... The headquarters is the town of Radhapuram. Radhapuram is also a legislative assembly constituency in Tirunelveli district. The constituency has been in existence since 1957 election. This taluk has the longest coastline. The Chettikulam beach is almost 3 km which lies in straight line. The total land area is of 31.63 square kilometer and has a population of around 8000 with male population being the higher. North panakudi is the nearest railway station to Radhapuram. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Radhapuram had a population of 302,268 with 149,056 males and 153,212 females. There were 1028 women for every 1000 men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as '' pargana'' (''pergunnah'') and ''thana''. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the system of tehsils. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system. In West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. As an entity of local government, the tehsil office (panchayat samiti) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian State
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chempadu
Chempadu is a hamlet in Radhapuram Taluk, Thirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, southern India. Chempadu is soaked in red soil and scattered with palm trees. The little pond (Paadu) at the eastern side of the village is popular among the neighbouring villagers as it sustains summer and supplies water for the cattle population. It is from this pond the village got its name Chempadu, "Chem" meaning ''red'' as in the soil, "Paadu" meaning ''pond'.. Most Chempadu residents are farmers, though some have entered the service sector as lawyers, engineers, teachers, and police officers. Women often work as beedi rollers. Chempadu has been a longstanding source of palm products like palm leaf and palm wood, and was well known for export-quality palm candy. Most villagers are Hindu; a few are Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundrapandiapuram
Soundrapandiapuram (Soundra Pandia Puram name comes from The pandiya King சுந்தரபாண்டியன்) is a village of Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ... district in Radhapuram Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India. The nearby railway station and town is Valliyoor. Although majority of the community are Christians, there are also Hindus in good numbers. They maintain a traditional relationship among each other, which is carried along the generation. It has a pre-primary school and a middle school, which name is St. Aloysius Middle School (Standard 1 to 8). Farming and business are the main activities. Since Soundra Pandia Puram is in lower ground to the nearby village bonds, ground water is always available. References Villages in Tirunel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
