Talk:Tirupathur district

Tirupattur

Tirupattur (Template:Lang-ta) is a town located in Vellore District, India, which is one of the oldest towns in Tamilnadu. It is located approximately 40km from Krishnagiri and 85km from Hosur. This is the second biggest and densely populated town in Vellore district. The town has mainly small-scale industries and mills. Some people might describe Tirupattur as a satellite town, in which people reside and go to work in nearby industrial towns such as Vaniyambadi and Ambur in the north, but 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 Dyanasty. It is well connected by road and rail to other important cities of Tamil Nadu such as Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore and Vellore and to Bangalore in Karnataka. This town is also famous in Islamic religious circles as many great saints "Awliyas" had made it their home town. Some of them are buried at various places in the town, including Hazrath Syed Sha Mohammed alias Syed Khawja Meeran Hussaini Jaffari, Hazrath 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 Tirupattur.

The name Tirupattur 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 Tirupattur a Taluk. Tirupattur's population and land area are good enough to have political representations in the state legislature of Tamil Nadu (Member of the Legislative Assembly), and part of Thiruvannamalai constituency for the central/federal legislature of India (Member of Parliament as of 2009 elections). Tirupattur Municipality Tirupattur 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

As of 2011 India census, Tirupathur had a population of 108,531. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tirupathur has an average literacy rate of 78%, significantly higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 76%. In Tirupathur, 11% of the population is 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 Tamil Nadu, the Yelagiri hills, which is also known as the common man's Ooty.The town is at an average elevation of 388m.

There is another small hill station to the east of Tirupattur (about 6 km), known as (Sowdaykuppam) village.

Location of Tirupattur

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. The Urban Municipal town spreads over an extent of 4.66sq.km this is a class-II town in Vellore District is based on population range floating population is increasing day by day.

Infrastructure

The Tirupattur 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 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 south west monsoon period.September and October are the wettest month with around 400mm of rain being recevied 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,where the town has an average minimum temperture of 23.4C.The coldest nights are in January,where the average minimum tempertures drop to 16.1C.May is the hottest month with an average maximum of 37.0C.

The highest ever temperature recorded in the town is 46.3C on May 7,1976.The lowest ever recorded temperature is 10.2C on December 15,1974.The highest 24 hour precipitation is 167.3mm received on November 4,1966. The average annual rainfall being received in the town is 982mm.

Climate data for Tiruppattur (1951–1980)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	35.6 (96.1)	39.4 (102.9)	41.2 (106.2)	45.8 (114.4)	46.3 (115.3)	41.8 (107.2)	39.6 (103.3)	39.3 (102.7)	40.0 (104.0)	37.1 (98.8)	36.3 (97.3)	34.3 (93.7)	46.3 (115.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.6 (85.3)	32.3 (90.1)	34.9 (94.8)	36.3 (97.3)	37.0 (98.6)	34.8 (94.6)	33.2 (91.8)	33.4 (92.1)	32.9 (91.2)	31.5 (88.7)	29.9 (85.8)	29.0 (84.2)	32.9 (91.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	16.1 (61.0)	18.3 (64.9)	20.4 (68.7)	22.6 (72.7)	23.4 (74.1)	23.1 (73.6)	22.9 (73.2)	22.9 (73.2)	22.6 (72.7)	21.9 (71.4)	19.8 (67.6)	17.2 (63.0)	20.9 (69.7)
Record low °C (°F)	10.3 (50.5)	10.5 (50.9)	12.8 (55.0)	16.6 (61.9)	18.3 (64.9)	19.1 (66.4)	18.4 (65.1)	17.0 (62.6)	14.6 (58.3)	15.5 (59.9)	12.1 (53.8)	10.2 (50.4)	10.2 (50.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	1.3 (0.05)	4.3 (0.17)	8.3 (0.33)	22.0 (0.87)	103.8 (4.09)	58.5 (2.30)	124.3 (4.89)	132.4 (5.21)	192.5 (7.58)	190.2 (7.49)	101.8 (4.01)	42.1 (1.66)	981.5 (38.64)
Average precipitation days	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.6	5.0	3.1	5.5	5.6	7.9	8.0	4.7	1.7	44
Source: India Meteorological Department,

Nature of Soil The major group of soils that are found in the town are black and red varieties. The red soil constitutes 90 percent while black soil only 10 percent.

Historical Moments

Tirupattur is called as the “Sandal City”, Even a rough estimation cannot easily be established on the origin of Tirupattur town, owing to its antiquity.

Through, the inscriptions, so far surveyed by Archeological Survey of India in Tirupattur, 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 "Tirupattur' 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.

Places to visit

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  A view from yelagiri

• Yelagiri Hills(27 km from Tirupattur)

Yelagiri is a hill-station on the Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur Road, midway between Chennai and Bangalore. Located at an altitude of 1,050 metres (3,500 ft) and spread across 30 sq.km, the Yelagiri village (also spelt Elagiri at times) is surrounded by orchards, rose-gardens, and green valleys.

• Jalagamparai Falls (14 km from Tirupattur)

Jalagamparai waterfalls is found on the eastern slope of the Yelagiri hills.It is around 14km from Tirupattur.The best season to visit the falls is from September to February.

• Javadi Hills(35 km from Tiurpattur)

• Bheeman Falls(38 km from Tirupattur)

The Jawadi Hills are located about 35 km from Tirupattur. The "Sevan Falls" lies near by. In the middle of this hill, lies the Kavalur Observatory, which has several optical and reflective telescopes run and governed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

Temples to visit

There are several temples to be visited in this ancient town,

"Kottai Eeswaran" temple is the largest temple in Tirupattur and it is believed to have a underground passage which connects to the Vellore Fort.

• Gajendra Varadharaja perumal Temple

Kamatchiamman/kaliamman Temple.

• Sri Renuga Parameshwari Temple(Chinnakulam Mariamman Temple), This temple is in the bank of a Pond. This is a historical pond.It is 800 years old.The Temple is 1000 years old. Adi Mariamman Thiruvizha is a great festival for the devotees of this temple. Navarathiri, Fullmoon day of Ipasi, First friday of every month,108 Sangu Pooja special arathanas were conducted.

• Sri Sakthi Saibaba Temple. Every Month of Full-Moon Day is considered and Special Arathanas were held. Every week, Thursday and Saturday were considered as a grateful day for Saibaba and special arathanas will be held.

• Dhandapani Temple

• Kumaraswamy Temple

• Maya Pillaiyar Temple

• Dharwaja Anjaneyar Temple

Tourist spots in and arond Tirupattur

• Elagiri Hills, • Javadu Hills, • Kavalur Observatory, • Chandrapuram Caves, • Jalagamparai Water Falls

HOLY PLACES

• Natrampalli Samundeswari Devi Temple, • Jalagamparai Murugan Temple, • Pacilikutti Murgan Temple

Temples

Hindu Temples

Varadharaja Perumal Koil, Dhandapani Koil, Kumarasamy Koil, Kottai Bhrameswaran Koil, Dharmaraja Koil, Kaliyamman Koil, Muthumariamman Koil, Renuga Parameswari (Chinna Kulam Mariamman koil), Karu mariammam Koil, Tirupathi Gangaiamman Koil, Angamuthumariamman Koil, Gateoor Mariammam Koil, Police line (Muthumariamman) Koil

Church

Mary Help of Christians - Parish, CSI Church, Sacred Heart College Church

Roadways

The Tamil Nadu state Bus transport corporation is providing 85% of transport facilities to this town.Tirupattur 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 passes through the outskirts of the town.The town is separated by a distance with Chennai(222 km), Bangalore (130 km), Vellore(87 km) and Salem(116 km). A State Highway connects the town between Vaniyambadi and Salem section.

Railways

Tirupattur Railway Station is under the administrative control of the Southern Railways.It is 2km away from bus stand.Traveling north, Jolarpettai Junction (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 runs from Tiruppattur to Chennai Everday.

Hotels

• Krishna Lodge
• Hotel Balamurugan Residency (Veg & Non Veg)
• Jeeva Residency
• Sharma's Bhavan(Veg)
• Spoonful Restaurant(Basic Mall) (Veg & Non Veg)
• Srinivasa Cafe (Veg)
• Hotel Sri Aanandha Krishna Vilas (Veg)-
• Hotel Ganesh (Veg)
• Hotel Annapoorna (Veg)
• Kumaran Lodge(a/c)
• AGS Lodge
• Sundar Lodge
• AGR Lodge
• Sri Padmam Lodge
• Thirumalai Lodge
• Shankar Lodge
• Madha Lodge
• MRG Lodge
• Modern Lodge
• Rajeshwari Lodge
• Raipur Darbar Restaurant(Veg & Non Veg)
• Shariff Restaurant(Non Veg)
• Hotel RR (Veg & Non Veg)
• Hotel Ranga (Veg)
• Hotel Kannan (Veg & Non Veg)
• Sivas Cafe(Veg)
• Sri Lakshmi Cafe(Veg)
• wahid shafi & fruit company

Higher secondary schools

• Dominic Savio Hr. Sec. School
• YMCA Brown Memorial Mat Hr. Sec. School
• C.S.I Girls Matriculation Hr. Sec. School
• Ubaibas Girls Higher Secondary Schoo
• Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• TMS Higher Secondary School
• Good Will Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• I.V.N Govt Higher secondary School
• Don Bosco Matriculation Hr. Sec. School
• St. Charles Matriculation Higher Secondary School.
• Lions Matriculation Hr. Sec. School
• Al Ameen Matriculation and Higher Secondary School
• Osmania Higher Secondary School
• Mary Immaculate Convent
• Meenakshi Government Girls Hr.Sec. School
• Rama Krishna Higher Secondary School
• Amirta Hr. Sec. School
• Government Higher Secondary School
• RamaKrishna Vidhyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
• Vijayashanthi Vidyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
• Lingannamani Matric Hr Sec School
• Dewan Mohammed Memorial Matric Hr Sec School

Colleges

Arts College

• Sacred Heart College
• Tirupattur Arts and Science College
• Marappan Lakshmiammal Arts And Science College
• Holy Cross Arts and Science Collge for Women
• Shree balaji catering college
• Oscar catering and Paramedical College
• Thiruvalluvar University college of Arts and Science
• Rex college of catering and paramedical medical science

Engineering

• Podhigai College of Engineering & Technology
• Sri NandhanamCollege of Engineering & Technology
• Sri Nandhanam Martime Academy
• Bharathidasan engineering college

Computer Institutes

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

• Pandian Polytechnic College
• Tirupattur Polytechnic College
• Sri Nandhanam Polytechnic College
• Sri pathmam polytechnic tirupattur

Teacher Training Institutes

• Mary Immaculate Teacher Training Institute
• Tiruppattur Teacher Training Institute
• Amritalaya Teacher Training Institute
• G.P. Teacher Training Institute
• Sri Padmam Teacher Training Institute
• TES Teacher Training Institute, Jayapuram
• Dr. David Raja Teacher Training Institute, Vengalapuram
• Aaksh Vidyalaya Teacher Training Institute, Vengalapuram

B.Ed and M.Ed Colleges

• Amirtha College of Education
• Dr. David Raja & Dr. Chandralekha College of Education
• G.P. Secondary Teacher Education Training College
• T.K. Raja College of Education
• Thirumal College of Education

Nursing College

• Dr.Thangamma Hospital and Nursing College
• Sri Jaya Hospital and School of Nursing

Welfare Trusts

• Sivalaya Sevai Centre Trust700/4, Kallathur Village, Pudukottai (PO),Tirupattur
• Sri Suyam Seva TrustPost Box No.32, Tirupattur
• Sekinah Gospel TrustKattur Village, Tirupattur
• Muslim Orphanage,Ismailpet, Tirupattur

Animation

• blue drops college of animations

Banks

• Canara Bank- Krishnagiri road, Tirupattur
• Catholic syrian Bank, Sundar lodge building,Tirupattur
• ICICI Bank-153,Krishnagiri Road, Tirupattur
• Indian Bank(IB)-Cutchery street,Tirupattur
• Indian Bank(IB)-Gandipet,Tirupattur
• Punjab National Bank (PNB)-Cutchery street,Tirupattur
• State Bank Of India (SBI)-Chetty street,Tirupattur
• Syndicate Bank-Chetty street,Tirupattur
• Union Bank Of India (UBI)
• Karur Vysya Bank (KVB)-Pudupet Road,Tirupattur
• HDFC Bank-Pudupet Road,Tirupattur

Hospitals

• KS Hospital
• Divya Hospital
• Government Medical hospital
• Vignesh Hospital
• Dr.Thangamma Hospital
• Sri Jaya Hospital
• Sri Annamalai Hospital
• Kalyani Gajendiran Hospital
• Ranjidham Hospital
• LS Hospital
• Laxmi Hospital
• Nithya clinic
• Puttur Hospital
• Sundaram Hospital
• TG Hospital

Marriage halls

• CKM Kalyana Mandapam
• Laila Durairaj Kalyana Mandapam
• Rao Mahal
• SN Marriage Hall
• Thai Sri Naga Thirumana Mandapam
• TND Thirumana Mandapam
• Viyaya Saravana Mahal

Theatres

• C.K.C theatre
• New cinema theatre
• Sri Meenatchi Theatre theatre
• Sri Ramajayam Deluxe theatre
• Sri Thirumagal theatre
• Kalaimagal theatre
• Sri Murugan theatre
• Sri Balamurugan theatre

Politics

Tirupattur assembly constituency is part of Tiruvannamalai (Lok Sabha constituency).

MLA K G Ramesh

MP D Venugopal

External links

• Tirupattur Official Website
• Tirupattur Website

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