Peravurani is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

in the

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. It is the administrative headquarters of the Peravurani Taluk and

Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency) Peravurani is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Peravurani constituency created on the year of 1967 on delimitation of Pattukkottai Assembly constituency. It elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five ...

. It is declared as Selection Grade Town Panchayat.

Geography

Peravurani is located at . It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet). This town lies in the new delta region of

River Cauvery The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dis ...

. This region is irrigated from the water source of Kallanai Kalvai and its distributories.(Canals built by the British to carry water from

Grand Anaicut Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut) is an ancient dam. It is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river flowing from Tiruchirapalli District to Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The dam located in Thanjavur district. Locate ...

to this region). This area mostly consists of riverine

alluvium Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...

, red loam,

lateritic Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

and black soil types in which the alluvial soil being the predominant type. Peravurani is about 370 km south of

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, the capital of

. 26 Kilometers North East of

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and at a distance of 75 Kilometers from

Thanjavur Thanjavur (), also Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the 11th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the Gr ...

Pattukkottai Pattukkottai () is a major town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and also important town in Delta districts and Commercial town of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Pudukkottai district Coastal areas. The town came to prominence ...

is the nearest big town at a distance of 30 kilometers from Peravurani on the highway to Thanjavur. In the west side,

Pudukkottai Pudukkottai is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a large city located on the banks of the Vellar River. It has been ruled, at different times, by the mutharaiyar dynasty , Cholas, ...

town is located at a distance of 51 km. Perumagalur and Keeramangalam are the nearest Town Panchayats to Peravurani. Temperature in

varies between 37.48 degree Celsius and 20.82 degree Celsius. Rainfall during North East Monsoon varies between 545.7mm and 953.2 mm and during South West Monsoon it varies between 342.0 and 303.1 mm.

Demographics

At the 2001 India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Peravurani has a population of 21045 as per 2001 census and having male population of 10327 and female population of 10718. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Peravurani has shown a growth rate of 22 percent between 1981 and 1991 whereas it has shown a high growth percentage of 151% between 1991 and 2001 mainly due to increase in its jurisdiction area from 6.8 Sq. km to 18.7 Sq. km. The growth of population and decade variation from the year 1981. As per the religious census of 2011,

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is majority religion in Peravurani with 83.45% followers.

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is second most popular religion in town of Peravurani with approximately 9.98% following it. In Peravurani Town,

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is followed by 6.52%,

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by 0.00%. Around 0.0% stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.05% stated 'No Particular Religion'.

Economy

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

is the main economy of this region. rice is extensively grown here and is the staple of this people. paddy,

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banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...

s and

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

are the major crops in the region. This area is the highest producer of coconut in the state.

Coir Coir (), also called coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell ...

industry is also an important livelihood of people here due to the large generation of coconut value added products. From here banana, gingelly, sugarcane, groundnuts and coconuts are exported domestically and internationally. Dairy products are also a major source of income in this region. The nearby village Mavadukurichi is known for its rich dairy products.everyday this village yields a large volume buffalo milk that is being distributed to other villages. People in this area are very much addicted to sea food that is brought from nearby coastal towns such as Mallipattinam,

Adirampattinam Adirampattinam is a newly established (Dec 2021) Municipality in the Pattukottai taluk of the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also short known by Adirai. It is the largest coastal town in the district and fourth larg ...

, Sethubavachatram and

Muthupet Muthupettai (முத்துப்பேட்டை) is a town in the Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Pearlpet. Muthupet comes under the Thiruthuraipoondi assembly constituency which elects a me ...

by road to the Peravurani town fish market. At the time of the summer when all the lakes dry-up with fresh water fish for commercial business. Since agriculture is extensively practiced only agrarian based industries are common in this region. Industries like

Shrimp farming Shrimp farming is an aquaculture business that exists in either a marine or freshwater environment, producing shrimp or prawns (crustaceans of the groups Caridea or Dendrobranchiata) for human consumption. Marine Commercial marine shrimp farming ...

are also booming on the coastal sides of Sethubavachatram. Which accelerates the sea based industries like Fishing Net production. There are a lot of Fishing Net production units working for the purpose of fishery businesses. However Peravurani has no major industries in operation. OPAL Energy Solution (P) Ltd and R.G.Fibers are the only two notable factories in operation in this area.

Administration

Peravurani is the Selection Grade Town Panchayat Town. It was constituted as Town Panchayat on 04, June 1951 by the

Tamil Nadu Government Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like ...

order No. 1118/LA. Peravurani also declared as headquarters of the Peravurani Taluk and

. The Peravurani Town Panchayat has 18 wards and there is an elected councillor for each of those wards. The functions of the Town Panchayat are devolved into six departments. Namely General Administration/Personnel, Engineering, Revenue/Taxing, Public Health, City Planning and Information Technology (IT). All these departments are under the control of a Town Panchayat Executive Officer who is the executive head of the Town. The legislative powers are vested in a body of 18 members, one each from the 18 wards. The legislative body is headed by an elected Town President assisted by a Deputy Town President.

Politics

Leaders from Peravurani have been dominated in both Tamil Nadu and Indian politics. Especially different individuals from different political parties were worked in many prestigious designations.

Peravurani Assembly Constituency

Peravurani assembly seat was created from

Pattukkottai Assembly constituency Pattukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. As per the 2010 draft electora ...

on 1967. Peravurani is the headquarters of

. It elects a member to the

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post system. The pres ...

once every five years from 1967. Peravurani selected 12 members to Tamil Nadu State Assembly till the date.

Election results

The

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after the

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election, ending the decade-l ...

is N. Ashokkumar from

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party.

Notable people

Political leaders

* M. R. Govindan is an Indian politician and former minister and member of the

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. Who born and brought up in Mudachikadu Village of Peravurani Taluk. He was elected to the

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post system. The pres ...

as an

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

candidate from

Peravurani (state assembly constituency) Peravurani is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Peravurani constituency created on the year of 1967 on delimitation of Pattukkottai Assembly constituency. It elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five ...

in the 1977, 1980, and 1984 state assembly elections. who is the only person who selected as MLA from Peravurani assembly constituency in consecutive three terms. * A. Vairavan Servai is a senior Indian politician and former

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who was born and brought up in Kundamaraikadu Village of Peravurani Taluk. He was elected to the

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from

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as an

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candidate in the 1957 general elections. * Kuzha. Chellaiya is an Indian politician and member of the

. Who born and brought up in Mudhukadu Village of Peravurani Taluk. Who worked in both major political parties of Tamil Nadu,

and

in different times. He was elected to the

as an Independent candidate from

in the 1971 state assembly elections. Who is the only Independent candidate, elected as

from Peravurani assembly constituency. * V. Vairava Devar is a senior Indian politician and former

who born and brought up in Kundamaraikadu Village of Peravurani Taluk. He was elected to the

from

as an

candidate in the 1962 general elections. * S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam is an Indian politician and former member of the

. He was elected to the

as a

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candidate from

in the year of 1996 and 2001 assembly elections.

Activists

* M. Thangavelanar, who runs a small tea shop near Peravurani bus stand, has been featured in many leading Indian magazines and newspapers by celebrating

Thiruvalluvar Thiruvalluvar (Tamil: திருவள்ளுவர்), commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'', a collection of couplets on ethics, political and ...

Day in a special way. He sells tea for one rupee throughout the day to his customers for spread the joy of learning

Thirukkural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The text ...

. He continuously works on efforts to get Thirukkural declared as a National Book of India.

Cinema personalities

Agathiyan Agathiyan (born 18 August 1952; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996). For the film, he ...

is an Indian film director. He has won the

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, Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director,

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in 1996 for the Tamil film

Kadhal Kottai ''Kadhal Kottai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan. It stars Ajith Kumar and Devayani, with Heera, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Karan in supporting roles. The film was a major commercial success and also won the ...

starred actor Ajithkumar. Who popularly known as Agathiyan belongs to Peravurani. His birth name is Karunanithi, Later he changed his name. He was the first National award winner for Best Direction in Tamil cinema. *

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is a popular host and actress whose father hails from Thennangudi a nearby village of Peravurani.

Media personalities

Gopinath Chandran Gopinath Chandran is an Indian television Anchor, radio jockey, journalist, reporter, news presenter/moderator, entrepreneur, and a writer, currently featured on the STAR Vijay debate show ''Neeya Naana''. He is popularly known as "Neeya Naana G ...

is an Indian television anchor, radio jockey, journalist, reporter, news presenter-moderator, entrepreneur, and writer who was born in Peravurani nearby village Kalathur. He is featured on the

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debate show ''Neeya Naana''. He is popularly known as "Neeya Naana Gobinath". *

is an Indian television host and actress born in Peravurani and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was born to a father Neelakandan and mother Srilatha. Her sister Priyadarshini is also a television host, while her younger brother is an airline pilot. Initially she made her debut as an actress; she featured in supporting roles in films including Kamal Hassan's production

Nala Damayanthi Nala Damayanthi may refer to: * Nala and Damayanti ''Damayanti'' (Sanskrit: दमयंती) is a character in a love story found in the Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata. She was the daughter of Bhima (not the Pandava one) and a princess ...

(2003). She has regularly been a host for shows on

and in 2014, she began hosting Koffee with DD, her own show.

Education

Peravurani has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 63%. In Peravurani, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age as per National Population Census of 2011. As of 2019, there were different private and government running schools and colleges in Peravurani Town. There is around more than 15 government and private running schools and 3 colleges within the town limits. There were well-established institutions such as follows.

Government educational institutions

* Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Peravurani * Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Peravurani * Government Arts and Science College established in the year of 2013 and inaugurated by former

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J.Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...

on 14 September 2013. Which is affiliated to

Bharathidasan University Bharathidasan University (BDU) is a university in the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on Tiruchirappalli-Pudukkottai National Highway 336. It has affiliated colleges in the districts of Ariyalur district, Karur, Nag ...

, Trichirappalli. * SMR East Coast College of Engineering and Technology. Which situated in the coastal area of Kattumavadi. The engineering institution which, affiliated to

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, Chennai *

- Pattukkottai Campus, Rajamadam * Government High school Kondraikadu-Peravurani Thanjavur-614804

Private educational institutions

* Sri Venkateshwara Arts and Science College for Women, Peravurani * Sri Venkateshwara College of Education, Peravurani * Dr. Kalam Polytechnic, Avanam * Dr. Kalam College of Pharmacy, Avanam * Dr. J.C.Kumarappa Higher Secondary School, Peravurani * Muvendar Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Sengamangalam * V.R.Veerappa Memorial Higher Secondary School, Koopulikadu * Atlantic International School, Veeriyankottai * Sri Venkateshwara CBSE, Peravurani * August Zion Nursery and Primary School, Peravurani * Busy Bees Play School, Peravurani * St. Anne's Convent & High School, Athanoor *JCK CBSE Vidyalaya,Peravurani.

Abacus Training Centre

* UK Infos (Abacus, Hindi and Vedic Maths Coaching Centre), Peravurani.

Transport

Peravurani town has been well connected with different parts of Tamil Nadu and other nearby cities. This town connected with different state highways and rail lines. The nearest bus services were available at Peravurani town while the nearest airport is situated 90 kilometers (56 mi) away at Tiruchirapalli.

Rail Lines

The railway station is located just within the town. It was connected to

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Junction towards north and

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Junction towards south. The station was initially built with meter gauge infrastructure and now it converted to broad gauge in the amount of ₹711 crore (US$100 million) sanctioned in 2007–2008. Peravurani train station have three passenger services daily with one express and two passenger trains.

Road lines

Tamil Nadu State Highway 71 (SH-71) is a State Highway maintained by the Highways Department of Government of Tamil Nadu. It connects Musiri with Sethubhavachathiram via Peravurani. The total length of the SH-71 is 150.69 kilometers (93.63 miles).

Climate

Peravurani having tropical climate environment, So here when it compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. The maximum temperature in peravurani is 36 °C and the minimum recorded temperature is 36 °C . The maximum rainfall recorded is averages to 1217 mm. In Peravurani, precipitation is the lowest in February, with an average of 18 mm. In October and November, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 187 mm. In Peravurani, average temperature is 31.3 °C, may is the hottest month at 25.7 °C on average, January is the coldest month.

Tourism

* Manora, an eight storied victory tower built by the Maratha King Serfoji in 1814 to commemorate the victory of the

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over

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at Waterloo, is a well known tourist destination. The name Manora is derived from the ''minaret'' meaning small ''minar''. From the top of this tower, one has a panoramic view of the palm-fringed

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. The tower has also served as a lighthouse. Manora is located about 15 km east of Peravurani at Mallipattinam village.

References

{{Thanjavur district Cities and towns in Thanjavur district

Geography

Demographics

Economy

Administration

Politics

Peravurani Assembly Constituency

Election results

Notable people

Political leaders

Activists

Cinema personalities

Media personalities

Education

Government educational institutions

Private educational institutions

Abacus Training Centre

Transport

Rail Lines

Road lines

Climate

Tourism

See also

References