Sattur
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| ?Sattur Tamil Nadu • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area | 3 km² (1 sq mi) |
| District(s) | Virudhunagar |
| Population • Density |
31,274 (2001) • 413 /km² (1,070 /sq mi) |
| Mayor | altitude = 56 |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 626 203 • +91-4562 • TN 67 |
Coordinates: Sattur is a small town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The district has 8 taluks, namely Aruppukkottai, Kariapatti, Rajapalayam, Sattur, Sivakasi, Srivilliputur, Tiruchuli and Virudhunagar.
The town is located in the bank of Vaippar river. Sattur taluk has contents of black soil around the town, suitable for crop cultivation. The town lies in NH7 and has very good road and railway connectivity.
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[edit] Industries
This town is famous as a fountain-pen nib manufacturing center and is probably the only place in India that continues to this date, in this line of business as a cottage industry. Other small scale cottage units like printing presses, fire-crackers are also scattered.
Match-stick manufacture is undertaken by a fairly large number of the population.Also are timber depots and raw-material suppliers exclusively for the safety match and firework sectors.
Match-stick frames (a collection of woodstrips to hold individual match sticks), Racks (Stacks holding individual frames), and various other items for match factories continue to be supplied locally as also to various other parts of Tamil Nadu. Log-wood, the raw-material is procured from other nearby towns such as Tenkasi, Nagercoil and the neighboring Kerala State.
A type of chillies grown in Sattur called Sattur Sanam s4 is one of two chilli varieties of Tamil Nadu. The Ramnad Mundu [a type of light, bathe-towel] is well known all over India.
The town is well connected with neighboring villages by road and rail. The nearest airport is Madurai and Sea port is Toothukudi. The National Highway, NH7 runs close to the town.
The town has temples of Shiva, Krishna and Bhadra Kali Amman. Sattur has several schools and a college, the Ramaswamy Naidu Memorial College, and has significantly contributed eminent sports-persons and has fairly well laid out sports facilities.
[edit] Geography
Sattur is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 56 metres (183 feet). Sattur is located between two rivers Vaippar and Uppodai. Has good amenities such as banks, railway station, police station, government hospital, post office, ATM, Schools, College, Bus station, etc.
Shiva and Vishnu temples in Sattur find histiorical mention. Around Sattur, Irukangudi and Oodaipatti have temples of Mariamman and Vinayagar respectively.
Sattur elects one MLA to the legislative assembly of the State.
Venkatachalapuram.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2006 India census,[2] Sattur had a population of 56,274. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Sattur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 69%. In Sattur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Sattur is one of the towns where early Nadar community migrants from South Tamilnadu settled down while settling in so many other villages such as Chennampatti, Vilaampatti, Virudhupatti, Thiruthangal, Muhavoor, Kovilpatti, Kadambur Pattiveeranpatti, Palayampatti, Sathangudi, Sholavandhan, Saalichandhai, Bodi and formed uravinmurais which resulted in formation nadar community run schools and mariamman/kaliamman temples in these villages & towns.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sattur
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
