Sankaralingapuran
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| Sankaralingapuram | |
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| Coordinates | 9°22′N 77°56′E / 9.37°N 77.93°ECoordinates: 9°22′N 77°56′E / 9.37°N 77.93°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Virudhunagar |
| President | pechiyappan |
| Population • Density |
2,274 (2001[update]) • 413 /km2 (1,070 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) • 56 metres (184 ft) |
Sanakarlingapuram is an industrial panchayat village in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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[edit] Overview
The village is located in the bank of Arjuna river, a dry river. The village has contents of black soil around it, suitable for cotton cultivation. It lies in between NH7 and the state highway connecting Virudhunagar and Sivakasi. The village has a proud history for its handloom weaving industry. Nowadays, there are not many in-house handloom industries as in the past. The village also has many other small scale cottage industries like matches and fireworks.
[edit] Geography
Sankaralingapuram is located at 9°22′N 77°56′E / 9.37°N 77.93°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 56 metres (183 feet). Majority peoples are Kanada Devangar and some Telugu peoples and Nadar peoples are living in the village. The GOD Sowdambiga Amman is very powerful in this village and every year they worship the GOD in Chitirai as a festival for 5 days with culturals and Gramiya functions. Lot of peoples from Sankaralingapuram(Kanada Devnagar) came to chennai and doing Business and many peoples are working Government Sectors,Software Engineer's etc.., Also with some personlaity peoples who are not there now and they worked hard for the society and they construct Temples, Mandapams etc. in the village. Now, there are 2 Sangam's in the village who are very high personlity peoples and they are doing lot of good things to the village.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Sankaralingapuram had a population of 2,274. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Sankaralingapuram has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 69%. In Sankaralingapuram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Transportation
The Village is well connected by bus from Virudhunagar and Sivakasi. The Private transport "TAMT" also serves between Virudhunagar and Rajapalayam through this village.
[edit] Railways
The Railway station which was built during the British rule is now demolished during the gauge conversion work. Only some stones are remaining from the old establishment.
[edit] Educational institutions
The following are the educational institutions in Sankaralingapuram
- Government Higher Secondaray School
- Panchayat Union Elementary School
[edit] Temples
- Vinayagar Temple (South)
- Vinayagar Temple (North)
- Sowdambigai Amman Temple
- Murugan Temple
- Ayyappan Temple
- Maha Devan Temple (Kodeeshwarar Street)
- Nagammal and Veerumallamal Temple (Thoppu)
- Nagammal Temple(West Street)
- Sivan Temple(West Street)
[edit] Festivals
Panguni Pongal festival is the famous one but it is now happening only in the month of Chitrai. Muthalamman Pongal festival is one of the feast,its mainly beg for get rain,its conducted on or before or after deepawali.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sankaralingapuram
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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Muthalamman pongal celebrate in Tamil month of-(ippasi)
