Vadalur

Vadalur
Town
Vadalur
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°33′19″N 79°33′18″E / 11.5552°N 79.5551°E / 11.5552; 79.5551Coordinates: 11°33′19″N 79°33′18″E / 11.5552°N 79.5551°E / 11.5552; 79.5551
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 39,514
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TN-91( TN-31 till Jun17,2015)

Vadalur is a panchayat town in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is 208 km from Chennai, the State Capital of Tamil Nadu.

History

Ramalinga Swamigal, popularly called Vallalar, established the Sathyagnana Sabhai. He built a famous temple which serves lunch on all days in a year.Thousands of visitors flocks on festivals and monthly pooja dates in this temple. Vadalur is well connected by rail and road. It serves transport to all major cities like Trichy, Chennai, Tanjore, Puducherry and Kumbakonam. Town is well built and the administration is well developed in the past years.Numerous shops opened all over the main city and transportation is available all the time to major cities of Tamilnadu.

Festivals

The Thai Poosam function in January is a festival of this place. The Swamigal sang thousands of songs called Thiru Arutppa. This district was named after him for a while. On Thai Poosam thousands of devotees from all over Tamilnadu visits the temple. More than 10,000 stalls and other entertainment is available for at least a week for the pilgrimages.People serve food,water and fresh juices to the devotees who visit the temple.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Vadalur had a population of 39,514. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Vadalur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 61%. In Vadalur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Literacy level is high because of private schools and government schools .Vadalur runs a ceramic factory called Neycer which employs a good number of people from the same place.Most of the areas were agricultural lands.Farming is very important here.Seshasayee mills which ran for almost more than 20years closed due to financial clashes within the company.The company has been shut down and many of them lost their jobs just overnight.

Satyagnana Sabha

Notable personalities

Mr.Omandhurar, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=690338
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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