Akkanapuram

Akkanapuram
Village
Akkanapuram
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°57′32″N 79°46′43″E / 12.958988°N 79.778705°E / 12.958988; 79.778705Coordinates: 12°57′32″N 79°46′43″E / 12.958988°N 79.778705°E / 12.958988; 79.778705
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar district
Government
 • Type Panchayati raj (India)
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 141 m (463 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 531[1]
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code 04562
Nearest city Srivilliputhur

Akkanapuram is a village located in Watrap Block, Srivilliputhur Taluk, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu State, India. The village is identified by two names Akkanapuram Villaku and the Akkanapuram itself. The village naming difference arrised only because of the bus stop junction , because most of the bus does not transport passengers into the village , they just drop them at the 3 way junction akkanpuram villaku (SH - 182). the west side road of the village reaches to the town Watrap and east side road of the village reaches to Alagapuri , at that junction it crosses at (NH -208 ) and again continues till virudhunagar. the northside road of the village goes to Periayur.The closest city is Madurai, and nearest towns are Watrap (12 kilometres), Srivilliputhur (21 kilometres), Pallapatti (27 kilometres), Virudhunagar (28 kilometres) and Sivakasi (29 kilometres). Also, the closest airport is Madurai Airport which is 50 kilometres away.[2] Most of the people that live in the village are Paraiyar and are farmers.

History

The village was erected by a group of people belonging to the Paraiyar community. Then later in the time of the Nayakas, the village is given to one of the queens of King Thirumalai Nayak whom was called Akkamal. This then led to the village being named Akkammal Puram and then later being renamed to the current name, Akkanapuram.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2011 Total population and population of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for village panchayats and panchayat unions Virudhunagar District" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Akkanapuram- Watrap". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Akkanapuram". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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