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Tirukkoyilur
Tirukoilur also spelt as ''Tirukkoyilur'' or ''Tirukovilur'' is a city and the headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in Kallakurichi District, Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located on the southern bank of Thenpennai River and famous for Ulagalantha Perumal TempleTirukoilur is located on the highway connecting cities of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore with Southern Tamil Nadu. The town is served by Tirukoilur railway station (formerly, Arakandanallur Thirukovilur railway station). It is of interest to note that Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of Rajaraja Chola I, was born as a princess of Malayaman family in Tirukoilur. Demographic India census, Tirukkoyilur had a population of 60212. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Tirukkoyilur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Tirukkoyilur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Transport Thirukoilur had widely bus facil ...
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Tirukkoyilur (state Assembly Constituency)
Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R .... It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first M.L.A of thirukovilur town, at the period of 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1952 to 1971 state elections. After delimitation of constituencies in 2007, Mughaiyur constituency and Rishivandhiyam constituency are reorganised into Tirukovilur constituency. It has 1,94,414 registered voters for 2011 election. Demographics Madras State ...
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Thirukovilur
Tirukoilur also spelt as ''Tirukkoyilur'' or ''Tirukovilur'' is a city and the headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in Kallakurichi District, Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located on the southern bank of Thenpennai River and famous for Ulagalantha Perumal TempleTirukoilur is located on the highway connecting cities of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore with Southern Tamil Nadu. The town is served by Tirukoilur railway station (formerly, Arakandanallur Thirukovilur railway station). It is of interest to note that Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of Rajaraja Chola I, was born as a princess of Malayaman family in Tirukoilur. Demographic India census, Tirukkoyilur had a population of 60212. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Tirukkoyilur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Tirukkoyilur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Transport Thirukoilur had widely bus facil ...
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State Highway 9 (Tamil Nadu)
State Highway 9 (SH-9) in Tamil Nadu, India connects Cuddalore with Chittoor. Total length of SH-9 is 212 km. SH-9 Route: Cuddalore - Nellikuppam - Panruti - Thiruvamur - Madapattu - Tirukkoyilur - Thiruvannamalai - Polur - Vellore city - Chittoor Way Many cities in four districts in Tamil Nadu on the road connecting . In each district, on the road, the main areas are listed below. *Cuddalore: Nellikkuppam, Melpattampakkam, Panruti, Thiruvamur. *Villupuram: Madappattu, Tirukkoyilur. *Thiruvannamalai: Tiruvannamalai, Polur, Kannamangalam. *Vellore: Vellore city. Highway meetings State Highway 9, National Highway 45C pannurutti to the point, National Highway 45 matappattu to the point, National Highway 66 to the point of Tiruvannamalai, National Highway 46 tend to cut across velurilum. Many state highways cut across this Highway. Certain roads which are listed below. * State Highway 68 at Panruti * State Highway 69 at Periya Sevalai * State Highway 68 at Ti ...
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Manalurpet
Manalurpet is a town panchayat in the Tirukkoyilur taluk of Kallakurichi district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Manalurpet is within Tirukkoyilur taluk, which is in the northeastern part of Kallakurichi district. The town covers of land in the northern part of the taluk. It is located northwest of Tirukoilur, the taluk headquarters, northeast of Kallakurichi, the district headquarters, and southwest of the state capital of Chennai. The town is located just north of the Ponnaiyar River, and is along State Highway 9A. Demographics In 2011 Manalurpet had a population of 8,523 people living in 1,944 households. 4,256 (49.9%) of the inhabitants were male, while 4,267 (50.1%) were female. 989 children in the town, about 11.9% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. 70.0% of the population was literate, with the male-only literacy rate of 73.3% higher than the female rate of 58.6%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and ...
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Tirukkoyilur Taluk
Tirukkoyilur taluk is a taluk of Kallakurichi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tirukkoyilur Tirukoilur also spelt as ''Tirukkoyilur'' or ''Tirukovilur'' is a city and the headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in Kallakurichi District, Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located on the southern bank of Thenpennai River and famous for Ulagalan .... Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tirukkoyilur had a population of 438,254 with 222,295 males and 215,959 females. There were 971 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.02%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 27,019 Males and 25,166 Females. References Taluks of Kallakurichi district {{Viluppuram-geo-stub ...
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Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple or Trivikrama Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Tirukkoyilur, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the ''Naalayira Divya Prabandham'', the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 ''Divya Desam'' dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Ulagalantha Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Poongothai. The temple is believed to have been built by the Medieval Cholas, with later contributions from Vijayanagara kings and Madurai Nayaks. The temple covers an area of and has a temple tower that is the third tallest in Tamil Nadu, measuring in height. According to Hindu myths, Vamana, a Brahmin dwarf avatar of Vishnu, appeared here to quell the pride of the asura king Bali. The temple is believed to be the place where the first three Alvars, the Vaishnava Saints, namely, Poigai Alvar, Bhoothathalvar, and Peyalvar attai ...
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Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ...
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Kallakurichi District
Kallakurichi is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarter is Kallakurichi. Kallakurichi District was announced on 8 January 2019 and it came into existence on 26 November 2019. History During Ancient times, the region was under the rules of Cholas, Pallavas and various Local Chieftains like Tirukoilur king Malaiyaman. Due to its location between Chola naadu and Thondai naadu, the region was aptly called Nadu naadu (Mid-land). In later times, it passed between the hands of Gingee Nayaks, Arcot Nawabs. During the British Rule, the whole region was a part of the South Arcot District of Madras Presidency. Prior to 1960, the town of Kallakurichi was considered a village. In 1960, Kallakurichi became a town panchayat, and then was subsequently upgraded to special-grade town panchayat. On 20 October 2004, it was further upgraded to the third-grade municipality. On 7 September 2010, the municipality was upgraded to first-grade municipality. O ...
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Kandachipuram
Kandachipuram is a village in the Kandachipuram taluk of Viluppuram district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of its namesake taluk, but was previously in Tirukkoyilur taluk, when that taluk and the entirety of Kallakurichi district were still part of Villupuram district. Geography Kandachipuram covers of land in the northern part of the taluk, which is in the southwestern part of the district. It is located northeast of Tirukoilur, the headquarters of the taluk which it used to be within, northwest of Viluppuram, the district headquarters, and southwest of the state capital of Chennai. The village is at the intersection of National Highway 38 and State Highway 211. Demographics In 2011 Kandachipuram had a population of 6,659 people living in 1,595 households. 3,325 (49.93%) of the inhabitants were male, while 3,334 (50.07%) were female. 723 children in the town, about 10.9% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. 69.0% of the population ...
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Veerapandi, Viluppuram
Veerapandi is a revenue village in the Mugaiyur block and Kandachipuram taluk of Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Veerapandi is within Kandachipuram taluk, which is in the southwestern part of Viluppuram district. It covers of land in the northwestern part of the taluk, near the border with Tiruvannamalai district. It is located west of Kanchipuram, the taluk headquarters, northwest of Viluppuram, the district headquarters, and southwest of the state capital of Chennai. The village is within the drainage basin of the Thenpennai River. Demographics In 2011 Veerapandi had a population of 7,690 people living in 1,588 households. 3,789 (49.3%) of the inhabitants were male, while 3,901 (50.7%) were female. 1,059 children in the town, about 13.8% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. 53.5% of the population was literate, with the male rate of 62.7% being notably higher than the female rate of 44.6%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe ...
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Vettavalam
Vettavalam is a first grade panchayat town in Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Vettavalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 211 metres (692 feet The foot ( : feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made ...). Vettavalam is in between Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram NH38(Villupuram to Mangalore National Highway). There is a big lake in vettavalam. Vettavalam is also a popular movie shooting location for the Tamil film industry; it is preferred for outdoor shooting because of its scenic landscape. Movies like Marumalarchi, Saattai, Tiruvakkarai Sri Vakrakaliamman, etc., are shot here. Demographics Vettavalam is a Town Panchayat in district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. Vettavalam is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held ...
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