| Thungapuram/துங்கபுரம் Siru Mathurai, Kulothunga Chozhapuram |
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| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Perambalur |
| Nearest city | Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thittakudi, Trichy. |
| Literacy | 72% |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Website | http://wikimapia.org/10804850/THUNGAPURAM |
Thungapuram (Tamil: துங்கபுரம் (எ) குலோத்துங்கசோழபுரம் (எ) சிறு மதுரை) is a panchayat village of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
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The historical name of Thungapuram is Kulothunga Chozhapuram. In the period of Kulothunga Chola kings this village was very famous for its festivals. Every year 12 festivals have conducted by this village, every month have one festivel, The shape of this street was prised equivalent to madurai (square shape), hence it is called as Siru Madurai even it is too small compared to Madurai. Since there exists another village in the same name this village is renamed as Thungapuram by the postal department of India. In the period of kulothunga chola made two important temples, the first one lord siva "sokkanathar" temple. Another one lard vinava perumal temple. These two temples are very old around 1000 years ago.
It is famous for its cement industries in and around it. This is possible due to its immense limestone store which is the potential raw material for cement industries. In particular the Arasu cements, the Birla cements, the Sakthi cements, the Dalmia cements, the Tamil Nadu cements, etc. are situated in Near Thungapuram. It is also familiar for the Kaliyaperumaal Temple situated at 25 km from Thungapuram. The famous Kangaikonda cholapuram is situated near to it. This town is famous for the temple which was built by the King Rajendra Cholan of Chola Empire. The King Rajendra Cholan is the son of Rajaraja Cholan who built Tanjore Temple.
The geographic coordinates are This is a beautiful and greenish Village. There are so many streams around this village like Yanaivari oodai (யானைவாரி ஓடை) on so on. The geographical location of Thungapuram is given below.
| Summer | Winter | |
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| Max. | 40 °C (104 °F) | 30 °C (86 °F) |
| Min. | 22 °C (72 °F) | 18 °C (64 °F) |
| Thozhuthoor, Labbaikudikkadu | Thittakudi | Virudhachalam | ||
| Perambalur | Sendurai, Jayankondam | |||
| Thungapuram/துங்கபுரம் | ||||
| Trichy | Ariyalur, Thanjavur | Kumbakonam |
Before in 1995 Thungapuram have under Perambalur taluk and Tiruchirappalli district. After Composite Perambalur District came in to existence after trifurcation of Tiruchirappalli district with effect from 30.09.1995 as per G.O MS.No 913 Revenue / Y3 dated 30.09.1995. Now its comes to under kunnam taluk in Perambalur district.
Thungapuram assembly constituency is part of Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Thungapuram has many historical temples and places
Rice and Sugar cane are grown as a major commercial crop. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered packers of black soil. This village consists mainly of glade soil. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Cotton also grown in many places.
In Thungapuram panchayat have four schools:
There are somany educated peoples are living in Thungapuram, i.e., Teachers, Professors, Scientists, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers and so on...
Leading Tamil, English languages newspapers are available in Thungapuram. English dailies such as, The New Indian Express, The Hindu are available. Tamil daily Dinathanthi, Dinamalar, Dinakaran, Dinamani and Maalaimalar are also available in Thungapuram. A station of All India Radio is located in nearby Trichy. In Thungapuram has several Local TV Channels and also several International TV Channels are available.
List of leading Mobile networks in Thungapuram:
| Network Name | Type |
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| Vodafone | GSM |
| Airtel | GSM |
| aircel | GSM |
| BSNL | GSM |
Thungapuram has located at:
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