Gudiyatham
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  Gudiyatham
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| State - District(s) |
Tamil Nadu - Vellore |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
91,376 - |
| Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle |
- 632 601, 632 602 - +91 4171 - TN 23 |
Gudiyatham (also called Gudiyattam or Gudiyettram) is a city and a municipality in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a town located 31 km from the city of Vellore. The city has a population of more than 6 lakh.
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[edit] Prominent citizen
Mr.Dr.salman faraaz. MBBS surgeon cardiologist (USA).....
[edit] Location
Gudiyatham is about 170 km west of Chennai and 165 km southeast of Bangalore. It borders the state of Andhra Pradesh. Gudiyatham also has more than 500 small villiages around the town.
- Nearest Airport: Chennai
- Nearest Seaport: Chennai
- Nearest Railway Station : Gudiyatham
- Nearest Railway Junction: Katpadi, Ambur
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census, GRIndia Gudiyatham had a population of 2,00,376. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gudiyatham has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Gudiyatham, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Tourist attractions
Thirupathy-Thirumala is 100km from gudiyatham.
By road: From Chennai come to Vellore and from Vellore there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham. And from Tirupathy come to Chittor(AP) and from Chittor (AP) there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham.
Nearest dam " Mordhana Dam" very nice place. Enjoy the trip with family in summer season.
By road: from Gudiyatham to Palamaner
[edit] Commerce
Gudiyatham has a thriving small scale sector manufacturing safety matches, lungis, and beedis.Everyone born on Gudiyatham were proud to this,because The Republic of INDIA's first national flag was weaved here by palayakot lungi company.The town's Gengayamman Temple is very famous and its yearly fair attracts more than 10 lakh people from around the state. The town has many movie halls and has in total, seven "pettais" or colonies. Kamarajar was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gudiyatham constituency and he became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India. It is an Member of Legislative Assembly constituency.
Gudiyatham is famous for its gold jewel market. Being on the Katpadi Jolarpettai railway line it is connected to Bangalore and Chennai. The handloom lungies which are manufactured in this town are exported to many Arab countries.
Other than these, there are two cotton mills running in Gudiyattam. One is Thirumagal Mills Limited and the other is Rajeshwari Mills Limited, where both employs considerable amount of employees. A farmers market has also formed on near Nellorepet every Tuesday for more than 100 years.
[edit] People
Major language is Tamil. It has a fairly large Urdu and Telugu speaking population. It has reputed educational institutions like the Rajagopal Polytechnic college, which is oldest and most reputed institutions in Tamilnadu.
[edit] Research Institute
The Sugarcane Researh Station, Melalathur.
The Sugarcane Research Station at Melalathur, Gudiyahtam was started in 1935 under a scheme for suarcane research of Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. From 1981 onwards it is under "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University", Coimbatore.
[edit] Major educational institutions
Colleges
- Government Thirumagal Mills College of Arts and Science
- K.M.G.College of Arts and Science
Technical Institutions
- Rajagopal Polytechnic College
- Industrial Training Institutes
Schools
- Shiksha kendra,pallikonda
- Government Municipal Higher Secondary School.
- Government Higher Secondary School, Nellorepet.
- Government Girls Higher Secondary School
- Thiruvalluvar Higher Secondary School.
- National Higher Secondary School.
- SeventhDay Adventist Matriculation School,Gudiyatham
- Saraswathi Vidhyalaya Matric Higher Sec School,Sethuvandai
- Crescent Matriculation school,Sedukkarai
- St Johns English School,gudiyattham
[edit] Trivia
This small town, could evolve into a hub for biofuel production, particularly pungam oil, which is recognised as one of the oils ideal for blending with diesel.(source: http://www.blonnet.com/2005/09/23/stories/2005092301661900.htm) Karanja oil, pungam oil, pungam oil cake, karanja oil cake, neem oil, neem cake manufactured are being exported.
This town was one of the highest endemic areas for leprosy in India with more than 2000 new cases detected annually in the 1960s. Even now the region has not reached the World Health Organisation (WHO)elimination target of less than 1 leprosy patient per 10,000 population. And that leads for the establishment of "The Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC)- Karigiri" which had a leprosy control program in this area that actively recruited patients for treatment with multi-drug-therapy (MDT) and still providing an extra ordinary treatment to those suffering of leprosy coming from surroundings.
