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Sankarankoil Taluk
Sankarankovil Taluk is a taluk of Tenkasi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Sankarankoil Sankarankovil is a city in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was formerly called Sankaranayinarkoil. Sankarankovil is the home to the Sankara Narayanar Temple . History Sankarankovil is home to the Sankara Narayanar T .... Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sankarankoil had a population of 349,050 with 172,250 males and 176,800 females. There were 1026 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 68.4. Child population in the age group below 6 was 16,923 Males and 16,384 Females. List of Villages List of Places in Sankarankovil Taluk Tirunelveli District: * A.Madurapuri * Achampatty * Alagapuri * Alankulam * Palaya Appaneri * Arianayagipuram * Athipatti * Ayyaneri * Chatrakondan * Chatrapatti * Chenthattiapuram * Chettikulam * Chidhambarapuram * Chinnakovilankulam * Chitrampatti * ... [...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] |
Tenkasi District
Tenkasi is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India, separated from Tirunelveli district on 22 November 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on 18 July 2019. The district headquarters is at Tenkasi. Geography The district shares borders with Tirunelveli district in the south, Virudhunagar district in the north, Thoothukudi district in the east and Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala in the west. The western part of the district runs along the Western Ghats, while the east is mainly flat plains. Tenkasi was formed from 6 talukas: Sivagiri, Sankarankovil, Veerakeralamputhur, Alangulam, Tenkasi and Shenkottai. Two more taluks were created afterwards: Kadayanallur and Thiruvengadam. Administration S. Gopala Sundara Raj IAS., is the District Collector since 16-06-2021. Politics Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Parliamentary Constituency Politics ... [...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] |
Sankarankoil
Sankarankovil is a city in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was formerly called Sankaranayinarkoil. Sankarankovil is the home to the Sankara Narayanar Temple . History Sankarankovil is home to the Sankara Narayanar Temple, which was built by Ugra Pandiyan in and houses the deity by the name Sankara Narayanan, which is half Shiva and the other half Vishnu. According to folklore, the devotees of Hari (Vishnu) and Shiva once quarreled with each other to determine which god was more powerful, until Shiva appeared as Sankaranarayanar to show his devotees that Hari and Shiva were one and the same. Thus, it is held sacred by Saivites and those Hindus who believe that Shiva and Vishnu are a single deity. Srivaishnavites of Tamil Nadu who worship Vishnu only do not accept this and hence reject the temple. The deities of the temple are Sankareswarar, Gomathi Amman and Sankaranarayanar. Sankarankovil is also said to be home to the deity named Avudai Ambal. In o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaya Appaneri
Palaya Appaneri (Tamil;பழைய அப்பனேரி) is a small village located in the Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Kovilpatti is the closest town to Palaya Appaneri village. Palaya Appaneri is easily accessible by bus from Kovilpatti and Elayirampannai. Palaya Appaneri village is the seat of the Thoothukudi district Panchayat. Palaya Appaneri village is also the Panchayat for Palaya Appaneri or Old Appaneri, Puthu Appaneri or New Appaneri, Puthur (lakshimiyaapuram), Suba Nagar and the area surrounding Suba Nagar,Venkateshwara Nagar and Padmavathi Garden. Palaya Appaneri village was once part of the Thirunelveli district but is now part of Thoothukudi district. Palaya Appaneri was the one of village of Sankarankovil tehsil but now kovilpatti is the tehsil for palaya appaneri village. Economy The village has a large amount of land suitable for agriculture, but much of this land was converted to other uses. Palaya Appaneri is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arianayagipuram
Arianayagipuram is a village in Tirunelveli district and one of the gram panchayats in Sankarankoil taluk of the Indian State Tamil Nadu. Nearby towns include Puliangudi (14 km), Surandai (12 km), Sankarankoil (16 km), Tenkasi (30 km), Kadayanallur Kadayanallur is the largest city in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Kadayanallur is 17 km from Tenkasi. Etymology The name Kadaiyanallur comes from "Kadaikaaleeswara", the name of the presiding deity of Kadayaleeswarar kovil, a Hin ... (15 km) Arianayagipuram is also known as "Flower City", due to varieties of flowers cultivated around the village. Education Hindu Nadar Uravin Murai Committee Higher Secondary School is one of the oldest school in the district and the students come to study from nearer villages Arunachalapuram, Periasamypuram, Meenakshipuram, Pambakovilshandhy, Paraikulam and Sankanapperi. Transport It is in the bus route from Puliangudi to Tirunelveli via Surandai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mela Ilandaikulam
Mela Ilandaikulam (Tamil : மேல இலந்தைகுளம்) a village in Manur taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu state, India. It is situated west of National Highway 7 between Kayathar and Devarkulam, 6 km from Devarkulam and 09 km from Kayathar. There is 1 higher secondary school, 1 middle school and 1 primary school. Economy The primary business of Mela Ilandaikulam is agriculture. The primary crops produced by the village include: rice, cotton, onions, tomatoes, green chili peppers and peanuts. Demographics The 2011 census registered a village population of 3,824, with 1,897 males and 1,927 females. The literacy rate is 67%. 56% of the population are classified as workers, with the non-workers including housewives, children, and students. 10% of the population was under six years of age. Infrastructure Mela Ilandaikulam has over five hundred Suzlon Energy windmills, each generating about 600 kW to 2100 kW of electricity. Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathirakondan
Sathirakondan is a village in Sankarankoil, Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This village is under the control of Kuruvikulam block Kuruvikulam block is a revenue block in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country .... References 1.http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/sep/08/interview-why-tamil-nadu-suspended-this-ias-officer.htm External links {{Tirunelveli district Villages in Tirunelveli district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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