Puliyankudi

puliangudi(Lemon City )
puliangudi(Lemon City )
Coordinates: 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23Coordinates: 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Named for	புளியங்குடி(Lemon City)
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Body	Puliangudi Municipality
Area rank	1
Population (2011)
• Total	66,000
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	4636 (Sankarankovil Telephone Code)
Vehicle registration	TN-79 (Sankarankovil RTO)
2nd Grade Municipality

Puliangudi (புளியங்குடி) is a municipal town located between Kadayanallur and Rajapalayam on the National Highway 208 (Kollam to Tirumangalam) in India. It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Tirunelveli District and Kadayanallur Taluk. Taluk headquarters, Kadayanallur, is 16 km south from Puliangudi, and the district headquarters, Tirunelveli lies 70 km south.

Geography

Puliangudi is located at 9°06′N 77°14′E / 9.10°N 77.23°E / 9.10; 77.23. It is mainly an agricultural based town and is famous for its Lemon market; Puliangudi is also called as ‘Lemon City’. During the past years the economic driver of the town was agriculture & allied activities.

Puliangudi town is spread across an area of 55.16 km² and it is divided into 33 wards. The town is located at the junction of roads from Madurai, Rajapalayam, Sankarankovil, Kadayanallur, Tenkasi, Sengottai and Kollam. The town is surrounded in the north by Vasuthevanallur Town Panchayat and in the south by Punniyapuram Village Panchayat. Mullikulam Village Panchayat forms the physical boundary of Puliangudi in eastern directions. Reserve forest area forms a boundary along western side.

Demographics

As per the religious census of 2011, Puliankudi (M) had 72.22% Hindus, 20.88% Muslims, 6.81% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs and 0.07% following other religions.^[1]

References

External links

• Puliyangudi travel guide from Wikivoyage
• "Puliyangudi CCF" (PDF). TNUIFSL. Retrieved 10 January 2016.