Sukrawarpettai or Sukrawarpet is a

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. It falls within the Coimbatore South constituency of the

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. Sukrawarpet is a locality within

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neighborhood of

. It is a busy commercial arena of the city and a range of wholesale markets are located here. Sukrawarpet is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings. There is a sizable north Indian community living here.

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from northern India (mainly from

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and

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), mostly money lenders and businessmen, have settled in and around the area during the 1970s. One can see women walking about in colorful north Indian traditional clothing and jewellery. Many of the store signs and name boards are in Hindi or Gujarati scripts. Most Streets in Sukrawarpet are rather narrow, with a few exceptions like RG Street, Sukrawarpet street, Uppukaner lane, Big bazaar street. The buildings in the streets are so close to each other that they look like they share a common wall. With thousands of people thronging the streets of Sukrawarpet. The sight is typical of the crowded bazaars of Indian cities - a potpourri of different vendors and artisans, trading and making a variety of articles. The area around Rangai Gownder street is famous for shopping and one can find varieties of north Indian chat and other delicacies. A couple of Jain temples a present in and around Sukrawarpet. Sukrawarpet is close to Flower market, Town hall and Gandhi Park. All the buses going towards Gandhi Park and

Ukkadam Ukkadam is a part of Townhall locality in the core part of the city of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. Ukkadam Bus Terminal, which is one of the seven major bus stands in the city, is located in this neighborhood. Ukkadam is famous for its Fish M ...

could be used to reach this area.

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