Bommidi

Bommidi
B. Mallapuram
Town
Bommidi

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 11°59′0″N 78°14′0″E / 11.98333°N 78.23333°E / 11.98333; 78.23333Coordinates: 11°59′0″N 78°14′0″E / 11.98333°N 78.23333°E / 11.98333; 78.23333
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Dharmapuri
Population
 • Total 11,474 (2,001)
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 635301
Telephone code 91-4346
Vehicle registration TN 29
Coastline 320 kilometres (200 mi)
Nearest city Salem
Sex ratio 1.062 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency Dharmapuri
Climate Tropical (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 26 °C (79 °F)

Bommidi is a town in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Geography

Bommidi is situated 34 kilometres (21 mi) southeast of Dharmapuri. It is in the southern region of the district, close to the Salem District border. The town is surrounded by more than 150 villages in the Dharmapuri and Salem Districts. Bommidi is also known as B. Mallapuram. Bommidi's name is used for the railway station, the police station situated at Nadur, the post office and bus transportation, while the name "B. Mallapuram" is used for schools, hospitals, government officials, etc.

Yercaud is a hill station accessible from Bommidi. Adiyamankottai, which houses the ruins of an oval-shaped fort, is nearby. Mallapuram, Lokur and Nallampalli are places in the neighborhood.

Bommidi can be reached from Salem and Dharmapuri. Bommidi Railway Station is on the Coimbatore-Chennai railway line.

Transport

Bommidi has good rail and bus connectivity with Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Allepy, Dhanbad, etc. Bommidi is situated 58 kilometres (36 mi) from the Salem bus stand, en route to Chennai via Jolarpet Junction.

Train timings[1]

Trains from Kerala to New Delhi, Chennai, Tirupati, etc. pass through Bommidi.

Nearest airport: Salem Airport, Coimbatore Airport

Nearest city: Salem

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Location

Bommidi is close to the Salem district {Ramamoorthi Nagar} border. It is connected by rail.[5] It is also nearer to its district capital Dharmapuri. Many number of buses running from Dharmapuri to Salem via Bommidi. Bommidi is very close to Dharmapuri but due to lack of roads different route is used so the distance from Bommidi to Dharmapuri is 35 km, laying the roads for few km between Mittareddihalli and Kondagarahalli via Komberi Kanavaai will make Dharmapuri - Bommidi distance around 20 km. Which will boost the economy of Bommidi and also bommidi will be the nearby station to Dharmapuri town than Morappur station (30 km from Dharmapuri) .

References

  1. ↑ http://www.railwayreservation.net/station/bommidi.html Bommidi Train Timings
  2. ↑ http://www.banklocations.in/bankdetails.jsp?bank_id=114006 Indian Bank
  3. ↑ http://www.tmb.in/n_branchinfo.htm?code-41-Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Ltd
  4. ↑ http://www.canarabank.com/English/Scripts/Locators.aspx
  5. ↑ http://www.india9.com/i9show/Bommidi-Railway-Station-60408.htm Abput Bommidi railway station
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