Sundarapandiam

Sundarapandiam
city
Sundarapandiam

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 9°37′15″N 77°40′55″E / 9.62083°N 77.68194°E / 9.62083; 77.68194Coordinates: 9°37′15″N 77°40′55″E / 9.62083°N 77.68194°E / 9.62083; 77.68194
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Population (2001)
  Total 8,547
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Sundarapandiam is a panchayat town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Sundarapandiam had a population of 8547. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sundarapandiam has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 49%. In Sundarapandiam, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age. Weaving and Agriculture are Main occupations of the people living here.

Education

List of Festivals

Apart from Tamilar's main festivals of DEEPAVALI & Thai Pongal, 3 Main Local festivals are celebrated in Grand manner they are

The special in Mariamman Pongal is --- This Festival is Celebrated in Nine days. The wonderful thing is that while celebrating this 9 days, all days there will be rainfall in the Village as Mari means " Rain" will be proved. (Updated by Balamurugan.B)

List of schools

Economy

List of shopping

List of banks

Societies (government-approved)

Transport

Sundarapandiam (major panchayat) is located one 1 km from the main road between Krishnankoil and Watrap. Approximately, every 30 minutes a bus leaves from Srivilliputtur (via, Krishnancoil) or from Watrap to this place. Another mode of reaching to Sundarapandiam by auto. Take an auto from Krishnankoil which is located 6 km away.

Krishnankoil can be reached around the clock by taking a bus at Madurai (Mattuthavani) bound for Senkottai/Tenkasi/Rajapalayam. It is located 80 km from Madurai.

Nearest Railway Station : Srivilliputtur (15 km distant)

Nearest Airport : Madurai (70 km distant)

Nearby towns and cities

Nearby villages

Temples

1. Periya Koil (1 km from bus terminus)

2. Perumal Koil (50 M from bus Terminus)

3. veilugantha Amman kovil & veilugantha sivan kovil , irulappa samy kovil ( 1.5 km from bus terminus)

4. Karuppasamy kovil (150 m from bus terminus)

5. Bala vinayagar & Bala Murugan kovil (1.1km from bus terminus )

6. Aathu pilayar kovil (300 m from bus terminus )

7. Mariyamman kovil (700 m from bus terminus )

8. Sakthivel murugan kovil (500 m from bus terminus )

Rivers and lakes

About Some Ten years back, while digging the Kovaneri lake, a Big Lingam was found. Sundarapandiam is located at river bed of Arjuna. Many small lakes are located around this place, namely, Senkulum, Periyakulam and karisalkulam. Main source of drinking water is taken under ground. The famous Sadhuragiri hills / temple is very near to this village.

References

  1. "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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