Dhalavaipuram

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?Dhalavaipuram Tamil Nadu • India
Dhalavaipuram
Coordinates: 9°24′N 77°33′E / 9.4, 77.55
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	11 km² (4 sq mi) • 100.58 m (330 ft)
District(s)	Virudhunagar
Population • Density	5,371^[1] (2001) • 488 /km² (1,264 /sq mi)

Coordinates: 9°24′N 77°33′E / 9.4, 77.55

This article is about the city named Dhalavaipuram. For other uses, see Dhalavaipuram (disambiguation).

Dhalavaipuram is a town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 105 km southwest of Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu. The economy is based on the manufacture of Garmentss, cotton sarees, lungis and there are mills for spinning and weaving cotton.

1 Climate
2 Education
- 2.1 College
3 Major industries
4 Tourist attractions
5 Notable people born in Dhalavaipuram and related to the town
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Climate

The climate of the region is semi-arid tropical monsoon type. Temperature range is 20°C to 37°C. It has a high mean temperature and a low degree of humidity. April, May and June are the hottest months of the year. The southwest monsoon which sets in June and lasts till August brings scanty rain. The bulk of the rainfall is received during the northeast monsoon in the months of October, November and December.

[edit] Education

Nadar community people settled from Southern remote areas of Tamilnadu formed uravinmurai committee and founded to schools to provide free education to boys and girls of Dhalavaipuram. Dhalapuram has some schools,, but most of the business man's children go to Rajapalayam for schooling some of the schools in Dhalavaipuram are as follows

T.N.P.M. Marimuthu Nadar Boys Hr. Sec. school
T.N.P.M.M. Ammayappa Nadar Girls Hr. Sec school
St. Antonys Matriculation School
Annai Vidhyala

Most of the children who are going to Rajapalayam to school study in "Chinmaya vidhyala", which is a famous Matriculation Higher Secondary School. If the did not get place then they go to other schools like "Anandha vidhyala".

[edit] College

For college they go to other cities.
Girls in Dhalavaipuram are given equal rights go to college.

[edit] Major industries

Durais Fabrics
Thambidurai textiles
ESM.Textiles
Ponnis apperials
Shobika
Raja stores
Pvt.textiles
Golden Gaments
Chandra Garments
Orange shirts

[edit] Tourist attractions

[edit] Ayyanar Koil (Ayyanar Falls)

Ayyanar Falls is located on the slope of Western Ghats, It has waterfalls and a temple. It provides good opportunity for woodland mountain climbing. Dam is situated on the way to Ayyanar Falls which is providing water for the whole city.

[edit] Sanjeevi Hills

Sanjeevi Hills is situated in Rajapalayam on the way to Chatrapatti. The calm and serene ambience makes it a favorite spot for tourists. Tradition recounts that in order to save the unconscious Lakshmana, Hanuman, the monkey god carried the entire Sanjeevi Hill with the herbal plants to Sri Lanka and threw it away afterwards. It is said that the thrown down hill is the Sanjeevi Hills.

Sanjeevi Hill

[edit] Srivilliputtur

Sri Andal's Temple is located here. Andal was a great devotee of Lord Krishna. The tower at the entrance gate (Main Gopuram) is the second highest in Tamil Nadu. And the tower is the symbol of Tamilnadu Government.

[edit] Shenbagathope Grizzled Squirrel Sanctuary

The forests are found on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. Only 6.3% of the total geographical area is under forests. Many rare and endemic varieties of flora and fauna are found along the mountain slopes. A wildlife sanctuary, spread over 480 square kilometres was established in 1989 at Shenbagathopu in Srivilliputtur taluk.. This sanctuary is contiguous with the Periyar tiger reserve on the south-western side and the Megamalai reserve forest on the north-western side. The altitude varies from 100 to 2010 m above sea level. The sanctuary is home to the endangered, arboreal grizzled giant squirrel Ratufa macrora. This greyish brown squirrel weighs 1 to 1.8 kg. and is the size of a small cat. It measures about 735 mm. from nose to tail with the tail being 360 to 400 mm. long. They construct drays at forked branches where the crowns of neighbouring trees meet. This enables the squirrel to move away from the site by jumping from tree to tree when threatened. The home range of an individual is between 1,970 and 6,110 square metres.