Bommidi

Bommidi B. Mallapuram
Town
Bommidi Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°59′0″N 78°14′0″E / 11.98333°N 78.23333°E / 11.98333; 78.23333Coordinates: 11°59′0″N 78°14′0″E / 11.98333°N 78.23333°E / 11.98333; 78.23333
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Population
• Total	11,474 (2,001)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	635301
Telephone code	91-4346
Vehicle registration	TN 29
Coastline	320 kilometres (200 mi)
Nearest city	Salem
Sex ratio	1.062 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Climate	Tropical (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	26 °C (79 °F)

Bommidi is a town in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Geography

Bommidi is situated 34 kilometres (21 mi) southeast of Dharmapuri. It is in the southern region of the district, close to the Salem District border. The town is surrounded by more than 150 villages in the Dharmapuri and Salem Districts. Bommidi is also known as B. Mallapuram. Bommidi's name is used for the railway station, the police station situated at Nadur, the post office and bus transportation, while the name "B. Mallapuram" is used for schools, hospitals, government officials, etc.

Yercaud is a hill station accessible from Bommidi. Adiyamankottai, which houses the ruins of an oval-shaped fort, is nearby. Mallapuram, Lokur and Nallampalli are places in the neighborhood.

Bommidi can be reached from Salem and Dharmapuri. Bommidi Railway Station is on the Coimbatore-Chennai railway line. There is also a 11 km railway line proposal for linking Bommidi railway station lying in Salem - Jolarpettai line to Muttampatti railway station lying in Salem - Dharmapuri line.

Transport

Bommidi has good rail and bus connectivity with Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Allepy, Dhanbad, etc. Bommidi is situated 58 kilometres (36 mi) from the Salem bus stand, en route to Chennai via Jolarpet Junction.

Trains from Kerala to New Delhi, Chennai, Tirupati, etc. pass through Bommidi.

Nearest airport: Salem Airport, Coimbatore Airport

Nearest city: Salem

Bus service

• TNSTC operates daily straight buses to Chennai, Bangalore, Trichy, Coimbatore, Palani, Madurai and very frequent bus services to Salem, Dharmapuri, Omalur, Harur, etc.
• Bus from bommidi to chennai at 6.30, 11.30, 20.30 & 21.15
• Frequent private bus services are available to Salem and Dharmapuri.

Educational institutions

Primary schools

• Panchayat Union Primary School

Higher secondary schools

• AMG Matric Higher Secondary school, B.Nadoor
• Government Boys Higher Secondary School, B Mallapuram
• Government Girls Higher Secondary School, B Mallapuarm
• Annai India Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• New India Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ramamoorthy Nagar
• Government Higher Secondary School, B.Thurinjipatti
• Government Girls High School, B.Thurinjipatti
• Carmel higher secondary school, B. Pallipatti

Colleges

• Annai India Teacher Training Institute
• Sri Meenakshi Polytechnic College
• Shreenivasa Engineering College
• Shreenivasa Polytechnic College

Computer Centers

• Sri Sabari Browsing Centre
• SREE RAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• SREE RAM INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER EDUCATION
• Karthikeyan Printing Center, Near old match box factory

Hospitals

• Government Hospital (GH)
• Amirtham Hospital
• GRS Hospital
• Raja Hospital, Dr,R.Elango M.S.,
• G.S Dental Clinic, Dr.Saravanan BDS
• Raja Dental Care Clinic, Dr.MuraliMohan BDS
• Shanthi Nursing Home
• Kandasamy Memorial Hospital
• Ponni Clinic BOMMIDI Dr.Gowrishankar & Dr.Sudha Gowrishankar.
• CRV Clinic B.Thurinjipatti Dr. C.Venkatasalam MBBS

Nearest Place

• New Oddupatti
• Surakaipatti
• Old Oddupatti
• Vedivelli Nagar
• Pilpparuthi
• Ketthureddipatti
• Thurinjippatti
• Kottavur
• Bandarasettipatti
• Nadur
• Ramamoorthy Nagar
• Thippireddihalli
• Basuvapuram
• Sembiyanoor
• B.Pallipatti

Banks

• Indian Bank^[1]
• Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited^[2]
• Canara Bank^[3]
• Muthoot Finance ltd
• Dharmapuri District Central Co-Operative Bank Ltd

Marriage Hall

• Star Kalyana Mandapam
• Jayalakshmi Kalyana Mandapam
• Ranganayagi Thirumana Mandapam

Industries

• Thangavelu Spinning Mill
• Railway Sleeper Factory
• R N Saw Mill - Dharmapuri Main Road
• Solai Saw Mill - Dharmapuri Main Road
• VNP PVC Pipe Company
• Mariswaran Metal Mart-(old scrap merchant & new household articles )
• Palanimurugan Auto Agency - Hero Sales & Service Showroom
• Sree Balamurugan Coir Industry

Places of interest

• Yercaud is a hill station in the Servarayan range of hills only 39 km from Bommidi, at an altitude of 1515 metres (4969 feet) above mean sea level. Lying at a higher altitude, Servarayan temple has a cool climate.
• Hogenakal Falls is located at the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, around 90 km from Bommidi. It is sometimes referred to as the "Niagara of India". With its fame for medicinal baths and hide boat rides, it is a major tourist attraction. Carbonatite rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of their kind in South Asia and among the oldest in the world.
• Aanchinayar Temple is located 15 km from Bommidi.
• Anamaduv Hills is located 5 km from Ramamoorthi Nagar.
• Vaaniyar Dam which is located 10 km far.

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Location

Bommidi is close to the Salem district {Ramamoorthi Nagar} border. It is connected by rail.^[4] It is also nearer to its district capital Dharmapuri. Many number of buses running from Dharmapuri to Salem via Bommidi. Bommidi is very close to Dharmapuri but due to lack of roads different route is used so the distance from Bommidi to Dharmapuri is 35 km, laying the roads for few km between Mittareddihalli and Kondagarahalli via Komberi Kanavaai will make Dharmapuri - Bommidi distance around 20 km. Which will boost the economy of Bommidi and also bommidi will be the nearby station to Dharmapuri town than Morappur station (30 km from Dharmapuri) .

HISTORY

The railway station in bommidi which was built in 1861 it was one of the oldest railway station in Tamil Nadu

References