| Tirupattur | |
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| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Vellore |
| Nearest city | Vellore |
| Parliamentary constituency | Thiruvannamalai |
| Assembly constituency | Tirupattur |
| Population | 1,08,531 (2011[update]) |
| Sex ratio | 993 ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 387 metres (1,270 ft) |
| Website | http://municipality.tn.gov.in/thirupathur/ |
Tirupattur (Tamil: திருப்பத்தூர்) is a town located in Vellore District, India, which is one of the oldest towns in Tamilnadu. It is located approximately 40km from Krishnagiri and 85km from Hosur. This is the second biggest and densely populated town in Vellore district. The town has mainly small-scale industries and mills. Some people might describe Tirupattur as a satellite town, in which people reside and go to work in nearby industrial towns such as Vaniyambadi and Ambur in the north, but it is an important commercial center from time immemorial (whereas Vaniyambadi and Ambur, which were once smaller towns, have recently flourished). It was a revenue subdivision during British raj and remains so. It has Old Shiva, Vishnu temples and Tanks[Big Tank & Small Tank] built during the Hoysala Dyanasty. It is well connected by road and rail to other important cities of Tamil Nadu such as Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore and Vellore and to Bangalore in Karnataka. This town is also famous in Islamic religious circles as many great saints "Awliyas" had made it their home town. Some of them are buried at various places in the town, including Hazrath Syed Sha Mohammed alias Syed Khawja Meeran Hussaini Jaffari, Hazrath Syed ShaAmeenuddin Hussaini Chisty ur Kahdri (who is better known as Munshi Hazrath); he was the last among a series of saints who have lived and have been buried at Tirupattur.
The name Tirupattur means a group of ten villages/small towns. There exists a village called Aathiyur (Aathi means Begin) in the southern fringes of the Town and Kodiyur (Kodi means End) in the northern fringes of the town. It is surrounded by several of these villages, making Tirupattur a Taluk. Tirupattur's population and land area are good enough to have political representations in the state legislature of Tamil Nadu (Member of the Legislative Assembly), and part of Thiruvannamalai constituency for the central/federal legislature of India (Member of Parliament as of 2009 elections). Tirupattur Municipality Tirupattur Municipality was constituted as a third grade municipality in the year 1886. As per G.O. No. 194, date: 10.02.1970, classified as Second Grade Municipality. At present from 1.4.1977 onwards as per G.O. No. 654, classified as first grade municipality.
As of 2011[update] India census[1], Tirupathur had a population of 108,531. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tirupathur has an average literacy rate of 78%, significantly higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 76%. In Tirupathur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
It is known as the "Sandalwood Town" due to the abundant availability of sandalwood trees in the surrounding hills.It is very close to the 4th major hill station of Tamil Nadu, the Yelagiri hills, which is also known as the common man's Ooty.The town is at an average elevation of 388m.
There is another small hill station to the east of Tirupattur (about 6 km), known as (Sowdaykuppam) village.
The strategic location of this town is such that the town acts as an “urban magnet” to radius of 20 to 25 km all-round. Nearly 200 villages are mainly depending on this town for all their urban needs. The growth is dominated by wholesale agriculture production and Sandalwood. The Urban Municipal town spreads over an extent of 4.66sq.km this is a class-II town in Vellore District is based on population range floating population is increasing day by day.
The Tirupattur town has 56.059 km length of roads and the municipality is maintaining ‘B’ Grade Bus stand in the heart of the town. There is a century old municipal market having 413 shops which helps in promoting commercial and economic activities of the town. Tirupattur -left in state of neglect to become district Tirupattur, which comprises of one of the oldest municipalities in Vellore district, has been left in a state of neglect. Traffic congestion, deplorable road conditions, lack of industrial development and widespread unemployment has been plaguing the constituency for several years.
One of the major problems haunting the people of Tirupattur is large-scale unemployment due to the absence of industries. “There is no factory in Tirupattur. Several youngsters are unemployed here. Others work in small shops such as grocery outlets. While areas in others parts of Vellore district have developed, Tirupattur which accounts for several villages has still not developed
The seasonal climate conditions are moderate and the weather is uniformly salubrious.The town experiences hot summers and cool winters.
The town gets its majority of rainfall during the south west monsoon period.September and October are the wettest month with around 400mm of rain being recevied in these two months.The town also experiences fairly frequent thunderstorms in late April and May,which gives necessary relief from the heat,along with the dip in night temperatures.The warmest nights are in May,where the town has an average minimum temperture of 23.4C.The coldest nights are in January,where the average minimum tempertures drop to 16.1C.May is the hottest month with an average maximum of 37.0C.
The highest ever temperature recorded in the town is 46.3C on May 7,1976.The lowest ever recorded temperature is 10.2C on December 15,1974.The highest 24 hour precipitation is 167.3mm received on November 4,1966. The average annual rainfall being received in the town is 982mm.
| Climate data for Tiruppattur (1951–1980) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
45.8 (114.4) |
46.3 (115.3) |
41.8 (107.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
46.3 (115.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.90 (91.22) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.93 (69.68) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.051) |
4.3 (0.169) |
8.3 (0.327) |
22.0 (0.866) |
103.8 (4.087) |
58.5 (2.303) |
124.3 (4.894) |
132.4 (5.213) |
192.5 (7.579) |
190.2 (7.488) |
101.8 (4.008) |
42.1 (1.657) |
981.5 (38.642) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 44 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department,[2] | |||||||||||||
Nature of Soil The major group of soils that are found in the town are black and red varieties. The red soil constitutes 90 percent while black soil only 10 percent.
Tirupattur is called as the “Sandal City”, Even a rough estimation cannot easily be established on the origin of Tirupattur town, owing to its antiquity.
Through, the inscriptions, so far surveyed by Archeological Survey of India in Tirupattur, it is estimated that this town is more than 1600 years old. During the regimes of various rulers like Cholas, Vijaya Nagara Dynasty, Hoysalas the town had been referred to, by the following names :
Sri Mathava Chaturvedi Mangalam,Veera Narayana Chaturvedi Mangalam, Tiruperur and Brahmapuram (Brahmeeswaram). The present name "Tirupattur' might have got derived from "Tiruperur".Erstwhile "Tiruperur" or "Sri Madhava Chaturvedi Mangalam" was in "Eyyil Nadu" , subdivision of "Nigarili Chola Mandalam", division of "Chola Empire".
There existed a fort in the eastern part of the town around 800 years ago. Its entrance might have been near the Kottai Darwaja Sri Veera Anjaneyar Temple, since the word "Kottai" in tamil means "Fort", and the word "Darwaja" in Hindi/Urdu means "Gate" or "Door". The area is still known as "Kottai"(fort).
The Town was ruled by Cholas, Pallavas, Hoysalas, Vijaya Nagara rulers, Vallala Maharajan, Sambuvarayars, Tipu, Nawabs of Arcot and undoubtedly by the British.
Yelagiri is a hill-station on the Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur Road, midway between Chennai and Bangalore. Located at an altitude of 1,050 metres (3,500 ft) and spread across 30 sq.km, the Yelagiri village (also spelt Elagiri at times) is surrounded by orchards, rose-gardens, and green valleys.
Jalagamparai waterfalls is found on the eastern slope of the Yelagiri hills.It is around 14km from Tirupattur.The best season to visit the falls is from September to February.a small hillside walk to the falls is very pleasant.lord muruga temple in the shape of lingam (lord shiva) near the falls makes a wonderful tourist spot.
The Jawadi Hills are located about 35 km from Tirupattur. The "Sevan Falls" lies near by. In the middle of this hill, lies the Kavalur Observatory, which has several optical and reflective telescopes run and governed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
There are several temples to be visited in this ancient town,
"Kottai Eeswaran" temple is the largest temple in Tirupattur and it is believed to have a underground passage which connects to the Vellore Fort.It is approximately 1000 years old temple. Historical event occured in this temple that ADHI SANKARAR visited to this temple and presented SRI SAKARA plates, Currently its placed in amman sanidhi. Every month Full Moon pooja and Pradhosa pooja's happening.
Kamatchiamman/kaliamman Temple.
• Elagiri Hills, • Javadu Hills, • Kavalur Observatory, • Chandrapuram Caves, • Jalagamparai Water Falls
HOLY PLACES
• Natrampalli Samundeswari Devi Temple, • Jalagamparai Murugan Temple, • Pacilikutti Murgan Temple, . Papathi amman temple
Church
Mary Help of Christians - Parish, CSI Church, Sacred Heart College Church.
Mosque/ Arabic: Masjid مسجد/ தமிழ்: பள்ளிவாசல்
Muslims perform regular & periodic prayers in Masjids
Aqsa Masjid/Fort Idga Mosque, Makkah Masjid, Gol Gumbaz Dargah Masjid, Jamiah Masjid, Tawakkal Masjid, Qusray Ilahi (Qazi) Masjid, Qilah Masjid/ Fort Mosque, Poorah Masjid, Bilal Masjid, Madina Masjid, Abu bakker Masjid, Umar Farooque Masjid, Noor Masjid, Ijtimah Masjid, Market Masjid, Nayi Gali Masjid
Temples
Hindu Temples
Varadharaja Perumal Koil, Dhandapani Koil, Kumarasamy Koil, Kottai Bhrameswaran Koil, Dharmaraja Koil, Kaliyamman Koil, Muthumariamman Koil, Renuga Parameswari (Chinna Kulam Mariamman koil), Karu mariammam Koil, Tirupathi Gangaiamman Koil, Angamuthumariamman Koil, Gateoor Mariammam Koil, Police line (Muthumariamman) Koil
| Natrampalli | Vaniyambadi, Ambur | Yelagiri, Alangayam | ||
| Krishnagiri | Thiruvanamalai | |||
| Tirupattur | ||||
| Dharmapuri | Salem | Singarapettai |
The Tamil Nadu state Bus transport corporation is providing 85% of transport facilities to this town.Tirupattur is well connected by road and rail to major cities of India.Regarding transportation linkage, the highway (NH 46) from Chennai to Krishnagiri (via) Natrampalli passes through the outskirts of the town.The town is separated by a distance with Chennai(222 km), Bangalore (130 km), Vellore(87 km) and Salem(116 km). A State Highway connects the town between Vaniyambadi and Salem section.
Tirupattur Railway Station is under the administrative control of the Southern Railways.It is 2km away from bus stand.Traveling north, Jolarpettai Junction (8 km) is the nearest junction and going south-west, Samalpatti is the next station.Due to proximity to the Jolarpet Railway Junction only few express trains halt here.
The Yelagiri express runs from Tiruppattur to Chennai Everday.
Arts College
Engineering
Computer Institutes
Polytechnics
Teacher Training Institutes
B.Ed and M.Ed Colleges
Tirupattur assembly constituency is part of Tiruvannamalai (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
MLA K G Ramesh
MP D Venugopal
Municipal Chairman S Arasu M.A,M.Ed.,
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