Kaniyur is a suburb of Udumalpet which is also a
town panchayat
A nagar panchayat () or 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 12,00 ...
in
Udumalai District in the
Indian state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. Kaniyur is also called Dravida Iyakkathin Thotti. It is one of the 'K' villages located near to
Udumalaipettai
Udumalaipettai also known as Udumalai, is a town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 535 km (332 mi) south west from the state capital, Chennai and 72 km (45 mi) from Coimbatore.It is the hea ...
.
It is located on the banks of the
Amaravathi River
The Amaravati River is the longest tributary of the Kaveri River in the fertile districts of Udumalpet, Dharapuram and Karur Tamil Nadu state, South India.
Course
The long Amaravati River begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border at the bottom ...
in Udumalai District.
Kaniyur had a Sivan temple. It was an ancient period temple( approx. 1200AD). Kaniyur has an old mosque which was 128-years-old in 2015.
Agriculture is the main occupation of people. Sugar cane, rice, vethala kodikal are the main crops in Kaniyur.
Kaniyur is the junction of many villages to connect the town of Udumalpet, Dharapuram, Kadathur, Keeranur, Madathukulam and Palani.
Several Leaders of the Dravidian movement have been born in this town namely K.A. Murugesan, K. A. Mathialagan and K. A. Krishnasamy.
Demographics
India
census
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,
Kaniyur had a population of 15,200. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kaniyur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Kaniyur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
See also
*
Kaniyooru
Kaniyooru, also spelled Kaniyuru, is a village in Kadaba taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. It houses one of the Ashta Mathas established by Madhvacharya, the Dvaita philosopher. The village is located on Mangalore ...
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090829003438/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx
Cities and towns in Tiruppur district
Suburbs of Coimbatore
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