Sattur or Saathur () is a town in
Virudhunagar district
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in the
India
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state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. As of 2011, the town had a population of 29,398.
The town is located in the bank of
Vaippar river
Vaippar is a river in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It originates from the Varusanadu hills (Theni) bordering the state of Kerala, runs from Rasingaperi Canal in Sivagiri (Tenkasi) and flows through Virudhunagar and Tuticorin districts befo ...
. Sattur/Saathur taluk has contents of black soil around the town, suitable for crop cultivation. The town lies in
NH 7
National Highway 7 (NH 7) is a highway connecting Fazilka (Punjab) to Mana (Uttarakhand) in India. It passes through the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
The NH-7 (old NH-58) connects Hindu pilgrim centres ...
and has very good road and railway connectivity.
Geography
Sattur is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 metres (299 feet). Sattur is located between two rivers Vaippar and Uppodai. Sattur has good amenities such as banks, railway stations, bus stands and ATMs .
Demographics
According to
2011 census, Sattur had a population of 29,398 with a sex-ratio of 1,042 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.
A total of 2,691 were under the age of six, constituting 1,407 males and 1,284 females.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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accounted for 7.68% and 0.81% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 78.85%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.
The town had a total of : 8093 households. There were a total of 13,065 workers, comprising 24 cultivators, 42 main agricultural labourers, 267 in house hold industries, 12,393 other workers, 339 marginal workers, 2 marginal cultivators, 5 marginal agricultural labourers, 27 marginal workers in household industries and 305 other marginal workers.
As per the religious census of 2011, Sattur had 91.3%
Hindus
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, 3.45%
Muslims
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, 5.13%
Christians
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, 0.01%
Sikhs
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, 0.02%
Jains
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, and 0.09% following other religions.
Politics
Sattur elects one MLA 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 ...
. Raghuraman. A. R. R. from
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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party is the MLA of Sattur since
2021
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.
From 2009,
Sattur (state assembly constituency)
Sattur is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu. It falls under Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, Virudhunagar Lok Sabha Constituency. The constituency served as the Chief Minister's constituency in the ye ...
is part of
Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency ( ta, விருதுநகர் மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.
Assembly Segments
Vi ...
; formerly it was known as the
Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.
Assembly segments
Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the ...
.
Manickam Tagore
Manickam Tagore is an Indian politician and current Member of Parliament of India, representing Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.
He earlier represented the constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National C ...
is the
MP from Virudhunagar since 2019.
Industries
Sattur is well known as a
fountain-pen
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nib, steel rolling mills and tongue cleaner manufacturing center. It is probably the only place in India that continues to this date, in this line of business as a
Cottage Industry
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. These industries are run by individuals as small scale family businesses. Many illiterate people are skilled in this area and manufacture good products. These industries are not supported by State/ Central governments and there is no social welfare schemes for these labourers and their family. Other small scale cottage units like
Printing press
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,
Fireworks
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and
Match box
Phillumeny (also known as phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc.
Matchbox
A matchbox is a box made of cardboard or thin wood and designed ...
/
Matchstick
A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by friction generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matc ...
industries are also present, scattered around the town. Stainless steel tongue cleaner is another important product that is manufactured here and supplied throughout India. Fathima Steel Rolling mill involves in this work for more than four decades.
A fairly large part of the population is involved in
Matchstick
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manufacturing industry. Also, there are timber depots and raw material suppliers exclusively for the safety match and firework sectors in this area.
Match-stick frames (a collection of wood-strips to hold individual match sticks), Racks (stacks holding individual frames), and various other items for match factories continue to be supplied locally as also to various other parts of Tamil Nadu. Log-wood, another raw material for these industry, is procured from other nearby towns such as
Tenkasi
Tenkasi is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu,Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the ...
,
Nagercoil
Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...
and the neighboring state
Kerala
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.
Cuisine
Sattur Kara Sevu is a deep fried crispy snack popular here. It is prepared using gram flour, rice flour and spices.
Transport
Railway is the main form of transport locally. The town is well-connected with neighboring places by road and railway. The surrounding places are well connected by bus government operated transport and private bus services. The Mini Bus services (Private) connects the villages nearby in effective way. The railway station has computerized reservation counter and the railway station code for Sattur is SRT. The nearest airport is
Madurai
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( 77 km from Sattur ) and nearest sea port is
Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the capital and he ...
( 80 km from Sattur ). Direct Trains are available to Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru, Kolkata and New Delhi. The National Highway, NH7 runs through the town. As Railway station and Bus Stand lies next to each other it is easy for passengers. Direct buses are available to Chennai,Bangalore,Puducherry,Velankanni,Vellore,Coimbatore,Tiruppur,Erode,Salem.
Villages
Villages in the Sattur subdistrict:
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Annaikaraipatti
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Alampatti
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Ammapatti
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Athipatti
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Ayyampatti
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Banduvarpatti
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Chinnagollapatti
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Chinnakamanpatti
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Chinnathambiyapuram
* Chatrapatti
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D. Reddiyapatti
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D.Chinnodaipatti
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E. Ramanathapuram
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Golwarpatti
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Kalaperumalpatti
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Kangarakottai
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Kanjampatti
Kanjampatti is a village in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India. In the 2011 census it had a population of 1839 in 542 households. It is south of Aruppukkottai
Aruppukottai is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the st ...
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Karisalpatti
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Kattalampatti
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Kosukkundu
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Kottaipachcheri
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Kuganparai
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Kumaralingapuram
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Kundalakkuttu
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Madamchinnodaipatti
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Masarpatti
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Melamadai
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Mettamalai
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Mudittalai Nagalapuram
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Mulliseval Muthusamipuram
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Mullisevel
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Muthandipuram
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Muthulingapuram
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N.Mettupatti
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Nallamanayakkanpatti
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Nallamuthanpatti
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Nalli
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Othaiyal
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Othaiyal Mettupatti
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Ovanayakkanpatti
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Padandal
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Pappakudi
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Peddureddipatti
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Perayyampatti
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Periagollapatti
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Pottireddiyapatti
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Ravuthampatti
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Sanankulam
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Sandaiyur
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Sankarapandiyapuram
*Sattur
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Servaikaranpatti
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Sevalpatti
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Sinduvampatti
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Sippipparai
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Sirukulam
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Subramaniyapuram
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Surankudi
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Thlukkankurichchi
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Uppattur
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Uthuppatti
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Vadamalaipuram
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Veppilaipatti
References
External links
Sattur Municipality
{{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu
Cities and towns in Virudhunagar district