Punjai Puliampatti

Punjai Puliampatti
Puliampatti- புன்செய் புளியம்பட்டி
Municipality Town
Nickname(s): Punjai Managaram
Punjai Puliampatti
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°21′00″N 77°10′05″E / 11.35°N 77.168°E / 11.35; 77.168Coordinates: 11°21′00″N 77°10′05″E / 11.35°N 77.168°E / 11.35; 77.168
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Erode
Government
 • Type Second Grade Municipality
 • Body

Punjai Puliampatti Municipality

statue in Punjai puliampatti municipality office
Elevation 312 m (1,024 ft)
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 638459
Vehicle registration TN-36

Punjai Puliampatti is a municipality in Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Geography

Punjai Puliampatti is a municipal town in the north west of the Erode District. It belongs to the Sathyamangalam Taluk and Bhavanisagar state assembly constituency,and Nilgiris parliamentary constituency. It is also situated near the Coimbatore District and Tirupur District borders. The town is a Grade II Municipality.

On the north side of the town are Eastern Ghats and on the west side are the Western Ghats Nilgiri mountains.

The nearest major cities are Coimbatore, which is 40 km (25 mi), and Tiruppur which is 35 km (22 mi) away from Punjai Puliampatti. The town has an average elevation of 312 m (1,024 ft).

Geologically, Punjai Puliampatti has three main types of soils: red loam (70%), black loam (20%), and red sand (10%). In general, the soil in and around the town is fertile and good for agricultural purposes. The temperature is mild average of 28 °C (82 °F) throughout the year except during summer where temperatures can increase drastically to up to 37 °C (99 °F) and lowest up to 19 °C (66 °F). There are an average of 40 rainy days per year, making the ground very dry, and any rainfall the area receives can be meagre, uncertain or unequally distributed.[1].

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
 
 90.04%
Muslim
 
 7.66%
Christian
 
 2.14%
Sikh
 
 0.01%
Buddhist
 
 0.01%
Jain
 
 0.0%
Other
 
 0.15%
No religion
 
 0.0%

Currently(2018), the town has about 30,000 population with about 1000 commercial electrical connection and about 8,500 households. According to the 2011 census, Punjai Puliampatti had a population of 18,967.[2] The town itself contained a total of 5,480 households.[3] The male-to-female ratio was 1,003 females for every 1,000 males, which is above the national average.[2] Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 20.4% and 0.04% of the population respectively. The average town literacy rate was 74.4% compared to the national average of 72.99%. There was a total of 8,629 workers comprising: 184 cultivators, 500 main agricultural laborers, 553 in household industries, 6,794 other workers, 598 marginal workers, 11 marginal cultivators, 48 marginal agrarian laborers, 40 marginal workers in household industries and 499 other marginal workers.[4] As per the religious census of 2011, Punjai Puliampatti (M) had 90.04% Hindus, 7.66% Muslims, 2.14% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs, 0.01% Buddhists, 0.0% Jains, 0.15% following other religions and nobody following no religion or without any religious preference.[5]

Transport

The town is well connected with roadways to both local towns and major cities.The total number of buses through puliampatti bus stand is more than 900 per day excluding KSRTC buses.[6]

punjai puliampatti bus timings
punjai puliampatti town bus

It connects with three main roads passing through the town: The NH 948 passing through the town leads to nearby Coimbatore and Sathyamangalam, and the SH-166 connects with Bhavanisagar and Palladam via Avinashi, Mettupalayam, Gobichettipalayam, and Tiruppur.

Punjai puliampatti main road (Jawahar main road) NH 209(NH 948)

The nearest bypass road is National Highway 544, at a distance of 22 km (14 mi) away. MDR-889 leads to Puliampatti via Bhavanisagar Road by crossing State Highway 15, as well as nearby major roads MDR-888 and MDR-888A.

punjai puliampatti central bus stand

Industry

Punjai Puliampatti workers are mostly employed in the primary and secondary sectors. The workforce is made up of about 42% industry workers, 18% in small industries (small scale and cottage industries), 12% in agriculture and 28% in trading or other activities.

a view of vedhagiri hill (puliampatti karadu)

There are major industries within the jurisdiction of the local body. The town also serves as an important source of supply for agricultural inputs such as tobacco for the adjoining areas.

Places of interest

There is an old hill temple dedicated to Lord Muruga at Othimalai, 8 km (5.0 mi) from the town center. At 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town there is another temple—Karivaradharaja Perumal— at Puliampatti on the way to Tiruppur.

Festival in karivaratharaja Perumal temple

The nearest well known temple, Bannari Amman Temple in Bannari is 28 km (17 mi) from the town, where a Fire Walking Ceremony is held in March/April every year. Bhavanisagar dam or Lower Bhavani Dam is a distance of 16 km (9.9 mi) from the town, via Sultan Road (Bavanisagar Road) from Puliampatti. It is one of the world's largest earthen dams. The Kodiveri dam water falls on the Bhavani river are 27 km (17 mi) from town. Dhimbam ghat on Mysore road (NH 209) contains a reserve forest, the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary 40 km (25 mi) away.

Cinema centres:

  • Sri Devi Cinemas, Kovai road
  • SRT Theatre, Sultan road

Economy

The main source of income for Punjai Puliampatti comes from trading and small businesses along with agriculture. There are also many spinning mills and weaving units in and around the town. Others commute to nearby Coimbatore for work and education. It is an industrial area that includes around 25 textile mills. The workforce is made up of about 42% industry workers, 18% in small industries (small scale and cottage industries), 12% in agriculture and 28% in trading or other activities. There are major industries within the jurisdiction of the local body.

Weekly market

It has a weekly shandy (market) covering an area is 12.75 acres which brings in annual income of 25 lakhs for the municipality.The total area of the sandy is about 23 acres that makes it one of the largest weekly markets in Tamilnadu. [7].The cattle market starts Wednesday and ends on Thursday every week and the sales goes around 2 crores on that day.[8]

Educational and Health centres

Schools:

  • KVK Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Anna Nagar
  • Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram
  • SRC Memorial Matriculation School, Nallur
  • Old S R C Memorial Matriculation School, Sowdeswari Kovil Street
  • Amma Matric Hr. Sec. School, Maraimali Adigal Street
  • M.E. Gurukulam Higher Secondary School, Thapovanam
  • Bhavani Higher Secondary School, Sellappampalayam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School, Sathiram Road
  • Government Elementary School, NH948
  • Chinthamani Vidyalaya School, thiru.v.ka.thidal
  • K.G. Nursery & Primary School, Laxmi Nagar, Ramanadhapuram
  • SNR Higher Secondary School Vinnapalli

There are also a number of primary school campuses in and around Puliampatti.

Colleges:

  • Ayyan Thiruvalluvar College of Arts and Science, Sellappampalayam
  • Gandhi Polytechnic College, Vinnapalli
  • Kannappar Private Industrial Training Institute, Kalippalayam, P. Puliampatti

Health centres:

  • Anbu Hospital, Hospital road
  • PG Hospital, Hospital road
  • Government Hospital - upgraded primary health centre, Sathy Road
  • Arunachalam Hospital, NH209
  • Muthu Hospital, Thiru v ka thidal
  • Vishnu Hospital, Mathampalayam road
  • Mani Hospital, Sultan Road
  • Devi Hospital, Sultan Road
  • Suman Dental Clinic, E 4th Street
  • Visalakshi Dental Hospital, Mathampalayam Road
  • Aravind Eye Clinic, Mathampalayam road
  • Apollo Pharmacy, NH 209

There are also a number of small hospitals and clinics in Puliampatti.

Yatra crematorium

Punjai Puliampatti crematorium

Yatra Crematorium in Punjai Puliampatti municipality is located on Puliampatti-Kuttagam Rd, 1 km (0.62 mi) from Puliampatti.

Government offices

Title punjai puliampatti
post office Sub Post office
pin code 638459
Telephone 04295-267091
District Erode
Postal Division Tirupur
Postal region Coimbatore
Postal circle Tamil nadu
  • Municipality Office, NH 948
  • Police Station, NH 948
  • Post Office, Nambiyur corner
  • Department of Agriculture Marketing, Sathy road
  • Sub Register Office, Raja Street
  • MLA Office, Covai Road
  • Revenue Inspector, RI Office, Nambiyur corner

Post offices under Puliampatti pincode 638459: Sellappampalayam, Karapadi, Mudukkanthurai, Desipalayam, Mathampalayam, Nallur, Nochikuttai, Panniyampalli, Ambothi, Kanvakkarai, Irumborai, Mooduthurai, Pongalur, Pungampalli, Marayeepalayam, Marampalayam, and Uilampalayam.


References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Punjai Puliampatti
  2. 1 2 "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Punjaipuliampatti". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to Puliampatty Municipality-Bus and Rail timetable". Department Of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ↑ {{https://youtu.be/aOTHjQeARl4}}
  8. ↑ "Welcome to Puliampatty Municipality- market". Department Of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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