Semmanipatti, also called Semminipatti or Chemminipatti, is a village in the

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. Situated at a distance of North of

Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...

and south of

Vadipatti Vadipatti is a panchayat town in the Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.and also known as "west gateway of Madurai. Etymology The name ''Vadipatti is'' derived from the root word ''vaayil'' or ''vaasal'', meaning 'the door' or ' ...

on the National Highway (NH 7).

History

Semminipatti village comes under the control of its own administrative office as well as

vadipatti Vadipatti is a panchayat town in the Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.and also known as "west gateway of Madurai. Etymology The name ''Vadipatti is'' derived from the root word ''vaayil'' or ''vaasal'', meaning 'the door' or ' ...

tehsil 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 administ ...

(known as

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 administr ...

) office. Semminipatti village has one Government forest office for controlling the

Sirumalai Sirumalai ( ta, சிறுமலை) is a region of situated from Dindigul, from Madurai, and 125 km from Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. There are many high hills in the area. Sirumalai range is the last mountain range of the Eastern Ghats. The ...

hills. The hills have famous waterfalls and controlled near by village (

Kutladampatti Kutladampatti Falls is a waterfall located in the village of Kutladampatti near Vadipatti in Madurai district about northwest of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The waterfall is in a reserve forest managed by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. The w ...

) administrative office. There are 600 families, all of the

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religion. Semminipatti does not have its own post office or police station. The village is served by the post office in nearby Katchaikatti village, whilst

police station is responsible for Semmanipatti. Two decades ago Semminipatti was famous for

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generally known as

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. Its always performed in chavadi (Temple as well as resting place for farmers who worked hard in days and taking rests in evening till midnight), chavadi is located in the centre place (mostly known as assembly place) of village. For past 10 years there is no panchayats performed in this village after the Indian Supreme Court has declared illegal ‘khap panchayats' which often decree or encourage honour killings or other institutionalised atrocities against boys and girls of different castes and religions who wish to get married or have married.

Economy

All the families mostly depend on Agriculture. Semminipatti is the largest producer of coconuts for

weekly market (formerly known as chandhai). The farmers are producing the

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

, groundnuts (peanuts), sugarcane, banana,

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es,

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cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

s, fruits like mangoes,

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, black grapes and flowers like jasmine. The village has nearly 7 bricks manufacturing unit. It exports bricks to various cities in

. And some section of people working in bricks manufacturing unit. The village has 2 Blue metal Quarry. Some section of people prefer to taking the jobs in coimbatore and

tirupur Tiruppur or Tirupur ( ) is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruppur district and the fifth largest city as well as an urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of Noyyal ...

cotton mills. some are working in

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and other parts of country. Most of the young man prefer to join the

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and police service after their Intermediate class. This village has nearly 12 serving

Soldiers and 10 Retired

personnel. Semminipatti has 8 coffee cafe, 10 grocery store, 1 tailoring shop and 1 barbershop.

Transport

People can reach semminipatti through bus route only. semminipatti has no railway station or Airport. Through Bus, There is often mini bus from

to semminipatti for the interval of 20 minutes. vadipatti is 3 km from semminipatti and well connected with National Highway. Also people can reach from

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and

dindigul Dindigul, also spelt Thindukkal (), is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dindigul district. Dindigul is located southwest from the state capital, Chennai, away from Tiruchirappalli, away ...

through

. Through Train, the nearest railway station are Kodaikanal Road (15 km),

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(18 km),

(27 km),

(27 km). Through Air, the nearest airport is

airport (35 km).

Education

Semminipatti has one junior high government school (

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Medium) and controlled by Tamil Nadu state board( Which has 1st standard to 8th standard), it has one Anganwadi Centre and it controlled by Integrated Child Development Services, Tamil Nadu and also it has one library. But most children are going to

for primary and secondary education. Here peoples are studied average 10th standard.

Festival

Semminipatti most celebrated festivals are

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. Semminipatti village women getting jobs in MITP. This removes the jobless fear among women. They contribute the earning money to their families to increase their family economy. From bricks manufacturing point of view, The people from various parts 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 ...

coming to Semminipatti in search of daily wages jobs in bricks manufacturing unit. Thanks to the National Highways near passing border of Semminipatti. so that Semminipatti population is getting high and manpower also getting high, this makes the bricks manufacturing unit advantage in their business with highly available manpower. Now the land value (real estate business) is getting high for 4 folds of actual value of 2006.

Controversies

In 2004 to 2007 due to the poor rainfall most of the farmers sold the sand from their agriculture land to the brick manufacturing unit (Sand is the important raw material in brick manufacturing). This led to the farmers can't use these lands for further cultivation.

President of Semminipatti

Mrs. Shanti Kannadasan (2011 - Till Now) Mrs. Shanti Kannadasan (2006–2011) Mr. R.Nanappan (2001–2006) Mr. P.Hari Krishnan (1996–2001). {{Madurai district Villages in Madurai district