Somayanur

Somayanur
suburb
Somayanur

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 11°04′11″N 76°52′56″E / 11.069723°N 76.882185°ECoordinates: 11°04′11″N 76°52′56″E / 11.069723°N 76.882185°E
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Coimbatore
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,500 (Approximately)
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 641108
Telephone code +91-422
Vehicle registration TN 38
Literacy 76% (Approximately)%
Lok Sabha constituency Nilgiris
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kavundapalayam(Since 2011) Thondamuthur
Climate Cool during winter and hot during summer (Köppen)
Website http://somayanur.blogspot.com/

Somayanur (சோமையனூர்) Village is part of 22 Nanjundapuram Panchayat (Village Panchayat) located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Somayanur village lies in the outskirts of Coimbatore City. Somayanur village will come under the Coimbatore Corporation, 22 Nanjundapuram panchayat. People in this village are engaged in agriculture business and cultivation of vegetables and coconuts. The brick business is the primary source of income around Chinnathdagam (Brick city of Coimbatore) and surrounding areas. There are more than 1000 brick factories running in this area.

Geography

Somayanur is a part of 22 Nanjundapuram Panchayat (Village Panchayat) located near Chinnathadagam. This village is surrounded by Western Ghats. It is close to the Kerala border and enjoys a pleasant climate throughout the year. More than 1000 families live in this village.

Climate

Somayanur has a pleasant, salubrious climate due to its proximity to thickly forested mountain ranges and the cool breeze blowing through the Palghat gap during the monsoon seasons. This village has mild winters and moderate summers. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures during summer and winter varies between 35°C to 18°C.

Due to the presence of the mountain pass, major parts of the coimbatore district benefit from the south-west monsoon in the months from June to August. After a warm, humid September, the regular monsoon starts from October lasting till early November. These monsoons are brought about by the retreating North-eastern monsoon. The average annual rainfall is around 700 mm with the North East and the South West monsoons contributing to 47% and 28% respectively to the total rainfall.

Villages near Somayanur

Agriculture

100% people are depending on Agriculture 50 years back. Due to the urbanization, farmers are not getting profit through agriculture. Many people in this village started selling their agriculture lands to real estate brokers. Almost 60% of agricultural lands have been converted into residential plots and brick kilns in this surrounding villages.

Wildlife activists indicate that the growth of buildings and shrinking of forests have forced the animals to come into the villages in search of food and water. Besides, the crops grown by farmers lure elephants.

Only 20% of people are doing agriculture works now in this village.

Education institutions

Government schools

Matric schools

CBSE schools

International schools

Engineering colleges

Universities

Education and research

The Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History is located at Anaikatty in Coimbatore district. 4 km The famous Kark Kubel Institute for Education is located in Mangarai - 6 km The Ayurveda Hospital & Training Centre is located in Mangarai - 6 km

Temples

There are around ten temples in this village.

Some of the famous temples near this village:

Environmental issues


Local foundry in this village are doing illegal dumping of industrial waste into water bodies. Two small scale industries in this village is creating more pollution problems and creating environmental pollution in the surrounding villages. In the year 2011, this foundry dumping toxic waste materials into nearby canel. Dumping of these toxic into canal and land will cause issues for future generations.

Languages

Banks

Bank Name Location
Co-Operative Bank Somayanur
Indian Overseas Bank Chinnathadagam
Canara Bank 22 Nanjundapuram
Central Bank Of India 22 Nanjundapuram

ATM

Nearby tourist attractions

Ponnuthu Temple - 8 km ( 3–4 km trekking ) Thambitta Parai - 2 km ( 2 km trekking ) Melmudi Temple - 7 km ( 3–4 km trekking ) Anaikatty- Bhavani river - 18 km from this place. Anuvavi subramaniam kovil - 3 km from this place Ooty - 60 km from this place Kovai Kutralam - 20 km from this place Silent Valley - 50 km from this place Water falls, Mangarai - 6 km

Telephone and mobile

BSNL Longdistance code - 0422

Mobile networks:

BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Aircel, Tata Docomo, MTS, Videocon, Idea mobile networks working well in this area.

Festivals

Pongal is one of the main festival of South Indians. Which is celebrated well in Somayanur. On very pongal day people of somayanoor use to celebrate pongal with lot of love and enjoyment. The main thing is that people all together used to conduct the sports on pongal day which has a history of more than 30years. These sports are mainly conducted to encourage the children as well as the youngsters of Somayanur. The participants for this sports event will come from all the nearest villages. Kabadi is one of the main sports which has lot of fans.

Transport

Bus

There are direct bus services from Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Junction, Coimbatore International Airport. All the Anaikatty buses pass through Somayanur. Anaikatty is at the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the outskils of Coimbatore city.

TNSTC Bus services to this village from Coimbatore city. All Anaikatty buses

Bus Stations

Rail

Coimbatore railway station is 17 km from this Somayanur. It is well connected with all Indian major cities including Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkatta, New Delhi etc. Coimbatore North junction is 10 km, Podanur railway station is 23 km, Peelamedu Railway Station is 18 km from Somayanur.

Air

Coimbatore International Airport (Peelamedu airport) is 30 km from this Place. The Coimbatore airport caters to domestic flights to all the major Indian cities and international flights to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, Jeddah,Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah,Abu Dhabi, Colombo, Dubai, Doha and Singapore.

Religion

100% of peoples are following Hinduism in this village.

References

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