Puliyankudi

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Coordinates: 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23Coordinates: 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tirunelveli
Taluk Kadayanallur
Named for (Lemon City)
Government
 • Type Second Grade Municipality
Area rank 1
Population (2011)
 • Total 66,000
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code 4636 (Sankarankovil Telephone Code)
Vehicle registration TN-79 (Sankarankovil RTO)
2nd Grade Municipality

Puliangudi is a municipal town located between Kadayanallur and Rajapalayam on the National Highway 208 (Kollam to Tirumangalam) in India. It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Tirunelveli District and Kadayanallur Taluk. Taluk headquarters, Kadayanallur, is 16 km south from Puliangudi, and the district headquarters, Tirunelveli lies 70 km south.It is otherwise called " Lemon City of India". It has two lemon markets especially for exporting lemons.Major production are from the nearby villages like Punnaiapuram, Thiruvettanallur,Ayyapuram, Chinthamani, Pambukovil sandhai,Vellaikavundanpati etc..Puliangudi has 33 wards.It includes Puliangudi,Chinthamani and Ayyapuram. .

School

Puliangudi has 18 Higher Secondary schools and the students come to study from nearer municipalities of sankarankovil, kadayanallur and vasudevanallur.

Some of the Schools in Puliangudi are as follows-

        1. Government Boys Hr Sec School
         2. Government Girls Hr Sec School
         3. HNUC Hr Sec School
         4. Sri Kanna Matriculation Hr Sec School
         5. Seventh Day Adventist Matriculation Hr 
            Sec school
   
         6. Suyambulingam Hr Sec School
         7. Seeniammal Hr Sec School
         8. R C high school
         9. Selvan Nursery & Primary School
       10. Arun Nursery & Primary School
       11. Agasthiar Nursery & Primary School
       12. Quid-e-Millath Hr Sec School
       13. Senaithalaivar Hr Sec School
       14. Mohidheen Andavar school
       15. T.D.T.A.Middle school
       16. A.V.S high school
       17. New Crescent matriculation school (CBSC)
       18. Kanna Girls Hr.Sec.School
       19. HNUC High School, Chinthamani
        20. Packiathai Middle School

College

Distance Education

Apart From the above Schools in Puliangudi there are Distance Education Study Centres who conduct the seminar classes and Exams in Puliangudi itself.

        1. BRYS INFO, Alagappa University Study 
            Centre, T.N.Puthukudi
       2. KNSP Educational Trust, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Study Centre,T.N.Puthukudi

B.ED COLLEGE

     1. Annai Meenakshi College of Education


Transport

Puliangudi has two major bus terminals - veeran sundaralingam bus terminus & maaveeran immanuel sekaran Bus Terminus, providing connectivity to both smaller villages in the interiors and nearby major towns like Tenkasi, Rajapalyam, Sankaran Kovil, Tirunelveli, Madurai etc. Nearest Railway station is at Pambu Kovil which is serviced by passenger trains running between Madurai and Tirunelveli. Other major stations nearby are Sankaran Kovil and Kovilpatti, providing connection with Chennai and beyond through express trains. In throw ball volentiers teamHNUC school has won the District price worth 40,000. team players- L.Siva pattu, C.Rajakumar, C.Mariappan, M.Kanagasubramani, L.Rajesh,Mani

Distance to other Cities

Puliangudi-to-Sankarankovil =16 km Puliangudi-to-Kadayanallur =11 km Puliangudi-to-Vasudevanallur =06 km Puliangudi-to-Tenkasi =31 km Puliangudi-to-Tirunelveli =52 km Puliangudi-to-Rajapalayam =40 km Puliangudi-to-Sivagiri =19 km Puliangudi-to-Madurai =113 km Puliangudi-to-Trichy =230 km Puliangudi-to-Chennai =600 km Puliangudi-to-Surandai =24 km


Integrity

People of diverse religious practices live in harmony in Puliangudi. Some famous Pilgrim places are:

            Hindu Temples

Arulmigu Meenatchi Samadha Chokkalinga Swamy Temple, Chinthamani

Arulmigu Bala Subramanya Swamy Temple, Puliangudi.

Arulmigu Kari Tholutha Por Koil,Near Puliangudi Bus stand.

Arulmigu Mariyamman Temple, Chinthamani.

Arulmigu Thandayuthapani Temple

Arulmigu Lakshmi Narasinga Perumal Temple

Arulmigu Uchimaha Kali Amman Temple

Arulmigu Kamatchi Amman Temple, Chinthamani

Arulmigu Avani Amman Temple

Arulmigu Selliaramman temple

Arulmigu Muppudathi Amman Temple, Chinthamani

Arulmigu Mariyamman Temple, Chinthamani


    Muslim Mosques

Meerasa Andavar Jumma Masjid(Mela pallivasal)

Keela(East) Pallivasal Jumma Masjid

Masjid alam jumma pallivasal

jamalia pallivasal jinnah nagar

TNTJ masjid jinnah nagar

TNTJ west thaikka street

Qaitha millath school(front Masjid)

Masjidur Rahman (TMMK Trust)

       Christian Churches

RC Churches St.Xavier's Church- Chinthamani Ulaga Meetper Alayam-T.N.Puthukudi CSI Church St.Mathew's Church, Puliaugudi St.Bartholomew's Church, Chinthamani SDA church


Health and environment

Puliangudi is one of the Place in Tirunelveli District with all Medical Facilities. People from Sankarankovil,Kadayanallur and Vasudevanallur use Puliangudi Hospitals. Also a New and Multi care Government Hospital is in the City.More than 200 outpatients and 25 inpatients can be treated in this Hospital at a time. There are many private hospitals with all investigation facilities

       Janatha hospital
       Sri kanna hospital
       Mahalaksmi hospital
       Selvam hospital
        Raja hospital
        Thangavinayagam hospital
        Jeyam hospital

Most of the above hospitals also have the expertise to carry out all surgical procedures and provide maternity services. Janatha Dental Hospital provides dental care services.

Geography

Puliangudi is located at 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23. It is mainly an agricultural based town and is famous for its Lemon market; Puliangudi is also called as ‘Lemon City’. During the past years the economic driver of the town was agriculture & allied activities.

Puliangudi town is spread across an area of 55.16 km2 and it is divided into 33 wards. The town is located at the junction of roads from Madurai, Rajapalayam, Sankarankovil, Kadayanallur, Tenkasi, Sengottai and Kollam. The town is surrounded in the north by Vasuthevanallur Town Panchayat and in the south by Punniyapuram Village Panchayat. Mullikulam Village Panchayat forms the physical boundary of Puliangudi in eastern directions. Reserve forest area forms a boundary along western side.

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
 
 72.22%
Muslim
 
 20.88%
Christian
 
 6.81%
Sikh
 
 0.01%
Other
 
 0.07%

As per the religious census of 2011, Puliankudi (M) had 72.22% Hindus, 20.88% Muslims, 6.81% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs and 0.07% following other religions.[1]


References

  1. ↑ "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu" (XLS). Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  • Puliyangudi travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • "Puliyangudi CCF" (PDF). TNUIFSL. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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