Tirupathur taluk is a

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 ...

Tirupathur district Tirupattur district, or Tirupathur district, is one of the 38 districts in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The district was formed in 2019 by the division of Vellore district into three smaller districts. Its creation alongside Ranipet ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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 ...

. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tirupathur. It is known as the "Sandalwood Town" due to the abundant availability of sandalwood trees in the surrounding hills. On 15 August 2019,

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu The chief minister of Tamil Nadu is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, bu ...

, Edapaadi K. Palanisami announced

, as a new district of Tamil Nadu.

Population

In the 2001 Indian census, the taluk of Tirupathur had a population of 50,455 with 23,656 males and 22,799 females. There were 973 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 66.07%. The total number of households was 111,192. In the 2011 census, Tirupathur taluk had a population of 67,396. Tirupathur is a town located in

, India, which is one of the oldest towns in Tamil Nadu. It is located approximately 40 km from

Krishnagiri Krishnagiri () is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004. It is located at the bottom of Krishnadevaraya Hills, and the town is fully surrounded by hill ...

, 85 km from Hosur, 85 km from

Thiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai (Tamil: ''Tiruvaṇṇāmalai'' IPA: , otherwise spelt ''Thiruvannamalai''; ''Trinomali'' or ''Trinomalee'' on British records) is a city, a spiritual, cultural, economic hub and also the administrative headquarters of Tiruvanna ...

and 125 km from

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

. The town has mainly small-scale industries and mills. It is an important commercial center from time immemorial (whereas Vaniyambadi and Ambur, which were once smaller towns, have recently flourished). It was a revenue subdivision during British raj and remains so. It has Old Shiva, Vishnu temples and Tanks (Big Tank & Small Tank) built during the Hoysala Dynasty. It is well connected by road and rail to other important cities of

such as

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, Salem, Coimbatore and

Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separ ...

and to Bangalore in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. This town is also famous in Islamic religious circles as many great saints "Awliyas" had made it their hometown. Some of them are buried at various places in the town, including Syed Sha Mohammed alias Syed Khawja Meeran Hussaini Jaffari, Syed ShaAmeenuddin Hussaini Chisty ur Kahdri (who is better known as Munshi Hazrath); he was the last among a series of saints who have lived and have been buried at Tirupathur. The name Tirupathur means a group of ten villages/small towns. There exists a village called Aathiyur (Aathi means Begin) in the southern fringes of the Town and Kodiyur (Kodi means End) in the northern fringes of the town. It is surrounded by several of these villages, making Tirupathur a

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 ...

. Tirupathur's population and land area are good enough to have political representations in the state legislature of Tamil Nadu (

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

), and part of Thiruvannamalai constituency for the central/federal legislature of India ( Member of Parliament as of 2009 elections). Tirupathur Municipality Tirupathur Municipality was constituted as a third-grade municipality in the year 1886. As per G.O. No. 194, date: 10.02.1970, classified as Second Grade Municipality. At present from 1.4.1977 onwards as per G.O. No. 654, classified as first grade municipality.

Demographics

In the

2001 Indian census The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 182, ...

, Tirupathur had a population of 60,803. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Tirupathur had an average literacy rate of 73%, significantly higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 79%, and female literacy was 67%. In 2001 in Tirupathur, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age. In the 2011 census, the city of Tirupathur had a population of 63,798. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Tirupathur had an average literacy rate of 78%, significantly higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 76%. In 2011 in Tirupathur, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Geography

It is known as the "Sandalwood Town" due to the abundant availability of sandalwood trees in the surrounding hills. It is very close to the 4th major hill station of

, the

Yelagiri Yelagiri () is a hill station located in the newly formed Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu, India, situated off the Vaniyambadi- Tirupattur road. Located at an altitude of 1,110.6 metres above Mean Sea Level and spread across 30 km2, the ...

hills, which is also known as the Poor man's Ooty. The town is at an average elevation of 388 m.

Economy

This area is very famous for

sandalwood Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus ''Santalum''. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades. Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for us ...

. It claims to be the second biggest depot in Asia. The main businesses is

goldsmithing A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable ...

and selling raw products.

Location of Tirupathur

The strategic location of this town is such that the town acts as an "urban magnet" to radius of 20 to 25 km all-round. Nearly 200 villages are mainly depending on this town for all their urban needs. The growth is dominated by wholesale agriculture production and

Sandalwood Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus ''Santalum''. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades. Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for us ...

. The Urban Municipal town spreads over an extent of 9.26 km²; this is a class-I town in Vellore District; is based on population range; floating population is increasing day by day.

Infrastructure

The Tirupathur town has 56.059 km length of roads and the municipality is maintaining 'B' Grade Bus stand in the heart of the town. There is a century old municipal market having 413 shops which helps in promoting commercial and economic activities of the town.

Climate

The town is known for recording coldest temperature in the Tamil Nadu plains during winter. The seasonal climate conditions are moderate and the weather is uniformly salubrious. The town experiences hot summers and cool winters. The town gets its majority of rainfall during the southwest monsoon period. September and October are the wettest months with around 400 mm of rain being received in these two months. The town also experiences fairly frequent thunderstorms in late April and May, which gives necessary relief from the heat, along with the dip in night temperatures. The warmest nights are in May, when the town has an average minimum temperature of 23.4 °C. The coldest nights are in January, when the average minimum temperatures drop to 16.1 °C. May is the hottest month with an average maximum of 37.0 °C. The highest ever temperature recorded in the town is 46.3 °C on 7 May 1976. The lowest ever recorded temperature is 10.2 °C on 15 December 1974. The highest 24‑hour precipitation is 167.3mm received on 4 November 1966. The average annual rainfall being received in the town is 982 mm. Nature of soil The major group of soils that are found in the town are black and red varieties. The red soil constitutes 90% while black soil only 10%.

Historical moments

Tirupattur is called as the "Sandal City", "Sandal Kingdom". Even a rough estimation cannot easily be established on the origin of Tirupathur town, owing to its antiquity. Tirupattur is known for having the FIRST FEMALE IAS OFFICER in India,

Anna Rajam Malhotra Anna Rajam Malhotra (née George; 17 July 1927 – 17 September 2018) was an Indian Administrative Service officer. She was the first woman in India to hold this position. Anna Rajam belonged to the 1951 batch of the IAS and married R. N. Malhotr ...

, who was posted as the Sub Collector of Tirupattur in Madras State, becoming the first woman to do so. The Collector office is currently serving the nation as the Tirupathur railway junction and railway residence. Through, the inscriptions, so far surveyed by Archaeological Survey of India in Tirupathur, it is estimated that this town is more than 1600 years old. During the regimes of various rulers like Cholas, Vijaya Nagara dynasty, Hoysalas the town had been referred to, by the following names: Sri Mathava Chaturvedi Mangalam, Veera Narayana Chaturvedi Mangalam, Tiruperur and Brahmapuram (Brahmeeswaram). The present name "Tirupathur" might have got derived from "Tiruperur". Erstwhile "Tiruperur" or "Sri Madhava Chaturvedi Mangalam" was in "Eyyil Nadu", subdivision of "Nigarili Chola Mandalam", division of "Chola Empire". There existed a fort in the eastern part of the town around 800 years ago. Its entrance might have been near the Kottai Darwaja Sri Veera Anjaneyar Temple, since the word "Kottai" in Tamil means "Fort", and the word "Darwaja" in Hindi/Urdu means "Gate" or "Door". The area is still known as "Kottai"(fort). The town was ruled by Cholas, Pallavas, Hoysalas, Vijaya Nagara rulers, Vallala Maharajan, Sambuvarayars, Tipu, Nawabs of Arcot and undoubtedly by the British.

Map routes

Roadways

*The Tamil Nadu state Bus transport corporation (TNSTC) is providing 85% of transport facilities to this town. *Tirupathur is well connected by road and rail to major cities of India. Regarding transportation linkage. *The highway (NH 46) from Chennai to Krishnagiri (via)

Natrampalli Natrampalli is a selection grade panchayat town and Taluk in Tirupattur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Natrampalli block is a revenue block in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics India census, Natrampal ...

passes through the outskirts of the town. *The town is separated by a distance with

(225 km). *

(130 km),

(87 km) and Salem (108 km). *Several State Highways connect the town from

Dharmapuri Dharmapuri is a special grade town in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district which is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by spli ...

(60 km), Krishnagiri (40 km)

Vaniyambadi Vaniyambadi () is a town in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu and the headquarter for the Vaniyambadi Revenue district comprising Vaniyambadi and Ambur. It is located about 200 km from Chennai and 178 kilometer from Bengaluru. The Van ...

(22 km) and Salem (108 km) section. *TNSTC also operates luxury Volvo A/C buses (Route no:502B) to Chennai daily. *Frequent buses are there to Chennai, Vellore, Salem, Bangalore,

Villupuram Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram () is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, ...

Railways

Tirupathur railway station is under the administrative control of the Southern Railways. It is 2 km away from bus stand. Traveling north, (8 km) is the nearest junction and going south-west, Samalpatti is the next station. Due to proximity to the Jolarpet railway junction only few express trains halt here. The

Yelagiri Express The Yelagiri Express is a daily train which runs between Jolarpettai and Chennai. The train stops at Vaniyambadi, Ambur, Melpadi, Valathoor, Gudiyattam, Katpadi Junction,Mukundarayapuram, Walajah Road, Sholingur, Anavardikanpettai, Chitter ...

runs from Jolarpettai to Chennai every day. The West Coast Express (Mangalore–Chennai Central–Manglore) stops at Tiruppattur railway station every day. The other trains that stop at Tirupathur station are: *Yercaud Express – Daily *Bangalore–Kanyakumari Express – Daily *West Coast Express – Daily *Dhanbad–Allepey Express – Daily *Erode–Jolarpettai Passenger *Katpadi–Salem Passenger *Nagercoil–Chennai Central Express-only Monday *Nagercoil–Mumbai CST Express – except Thursday, Saturday, Sunday *Ernakulam Junction–Yeshwantpur Express – only Tuesday *Ernakulam Junction–Bangalore Superfast Express – only Monday and Wednesday *Trivandrum Central–Bangalore City Junction Express – only on Thursday *Trivandrum Central–Mumbai CST Express – only Saturday *Coimbatore–Rajkot Express – only Friday *Trivandrum Central–Bangalore City Junction Superfast Express – only Sunday

Air

The nearest airports: ''Domestic'': * Salem (105 km) * Vellore Air Strip (85 km) ''International'': * Bengaluru (135 km) * Chennai (225 km)

Schools

CBSE Schools

*Don Bosco School of Excellence *Shri Nandanam International *Vijay Vidhyalaya CBSE School. *Green Valley Public School *Shri Ramesh CBSE international school *Vailankanni public school

Elementary schools

* Our Lady's School. * Vivekananda Aided Elementary School * TMS Aided Elementary School * Government Garden Aided Elementary School

Higher Secondary Schools

* Don Bosco Matriculation higher secondary school * Our Lady's Nursery and Primary School * Dominic Savio Higher Secondary School * Mary Immaculate Higher Secondary School * Shepherds Matriculation Higher Secondary School * C.S.I Girls Matriculation Higher Secondary School *

YMCA Brown Matriculation Higher Secondary School YMCA Brown Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a Christian minority school. The school is unaided and co-educational and follows the Uniform Syllabus for School Education of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The school is established and admi ...

* Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Ramakrishna Higher Secondary School * Shri Amrita Higher Secondary School * Ubaibas Girls Higher Secondary School * TMS Higher Secondary School * Good Will Matriculation Higher Secondary School * I.V.N Govt Higher Secondary School * St. Charles Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Lions Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Al Ameen Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Osmania Higher Secondary School * Meenakshi Government Girls Higher Secondary School * Government Boys Higher Secondary School * Government Garden High School * RamaKrishna Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Vijayashanthi Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Lingannamani Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Dewan Mohammed Memorial Matriculation Higher Secondary School * Pudupet Higher Secondary School * Government Higher Secondary School ANDIYAPPANUR

Music Academy

*The Joyful Noise Music Academy

Colleges

Arts Colleges

* Tirupattur Arts and Science College * Sacred Heart College (Autonomous) * Marappan Lakshmiammal Arts And Science College * Holy Cross Arts and Science College for Women * Government College of Arts and Science * Vannavil Arts and Science College (A Don Bosco Institution) * Yelagiri Arts and Science College * Islamiah college (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi.

BEd Colleges

* Amrita College of Education * Amritalaya College of Education * Dr. David Raja and Dr. Chandraleka College of Education * G.P. Secondary Teacher Education Training College * Sri Kalaimagal College of Education * St. Joseph Women's College of Education * T.K. Raja College of Education * Thirumal College of Education * TES Teacher Training Institute

Nursing College

*Jeya Nursing College, Tirupathur

Polytechnic

* Tirupattur Polytechnic College * Pandian Polytechnic College * G.P Polytechnic College * Sri Nandhanam Polytechnic College * Sri Padmam Polytechnic College * Kamaraj Polytechnic College * Government Polytechnic College

Engineering Colleges

* Sri Nandhanam College of Engineering & Technology * Sri Nandhanam Maritime Academy * Podhygai College of Engineering & Technology * Bharathidasan Engineering college

Teacher Training Institutes

* Mary Immaculate Teacher Training Institute * Amritalaya Teacher Training Institute * Shri Amrita Teacher Training Institute * Tirupattur Teacher Training Institute * G.Ponnusamy Teacher Training Institute * Sri Padmam Teacher Training Institute * TES Teacher Training Institute, Jayapuram * Dr. David Raja Teacher Training Institute, Vengalapuram

Computer Institutes

*Bosco Integrated Computing Service *Nirmal Multi-Tech Industries *Aptech Computer Education *Anugraha Computer Center *CRN computer Education *SRM Infotec.

Politics

Tirupathur assembly constituency is part of

Tiruvannamalai (Lok Sabha constituency) Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency ( ta, திருவண்ணாமலை மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India India, o ...

. Municipal Chairman S Arasu M.A, MEd

References

External links

Tirupathur Official Website

/Tirupathur map
{{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu Taluks of Tirupathur district