Mongupethanpatty

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Population  (2001)
• Total	786
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Mongupethanpatty (Template:Lang-ta) is a small village, located near Eriyodu in Vedasandur taluk, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India.

Geography

Mongupethanpatty is located at 10°31′59″N 78°04′01″E / 10.533°N 78.067°E / 10.533; 78.067. It has an average elevation of 260 meters (853 feet).

The nearest airport is at Madurai and the nearest railway station is Dindigul Junction Railway Station. The nearby tourist destinations are Kodaikanal, Sirumalai, Palani.

History

This village was under Nayak rulers during 17^th century and in the mid of 18^th century, Hyder Ali, took over. This village was carved out of Madurai District in the year 1985 and attached to newly formed Dindigul district.

People

This small village has 150 families in it and around 400 voters. Agriculture was the main occupation during 90s. But after the year 2K, that trend has been gradually reduced due to heavy drought.

Some people of this village were started moving to the other cities/states like Tirupur, Coimbatore, Hyderabad & Kerala for earning. They use to come to this village during Pongal, Diwali, Summer (May month - Cricket Festival) & for some functions like Marriage.

Mahathma People Welfare Association

On 14 January 2010 (தை மாதம் முதல் நாள்), the Youth and Adolesment of this village were stated a club called Mahathma People Welfare Association (Template:Lang-ta). The main motto of this club is My village! My Pride!!.

This club includes the youth and adolesment of this village. Some of them are Students, Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Labours. They all together here for their Village Developement.

They use to meet all weekends and discuss about their action plans.

Politics

Village Panchayat

This village comes under ward number 1 in the Village Panchayat Chitthur, Vedasandur Block, Dindigul District. And the elected candidates are,

Role	Candidate
President	K.Kandhasamy
Councillor 1	Palanichamy
Councillor 2	Krishnaveni

Legislative Assembly

This village comes under Vedasandur legislative assembly in Dindigul District and the elected candidate is Mr. M.Dhandapani

Lok sabha Constituency

This village comes under Karur lok sabha constituency and the elected candidate is Mr. M.Thambidurai

Nearest Banks

• Tamilnad Marcantile Bank, Eriyodu
• State Bank of India, Vedasandur & Vadamadurai
• Canara Bank, Kulathur & Paganatham
• Indian Overseas Bank, Pudhuroad

Nearest Towns

Towns	Away from
Dindigul	25 km
Karur	60 km
Palani	60 km
Madurai	75 km
Trichy	100 km

External links

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Model Village India Asha for Education Gandhigram Trust