Villianur commune
Villianur is one of 5 Communes in Pondicherry district in the Indian territory of Puducherry. Villianur Commune comes under Villianur Taluk Of Puducherry District. Mannadipet is another commune under Villianur Taluk. Villianur Commune consists of 1 Census Town and 17 Panchayat Villages.
Census Towns[edit]
Urban area under Villianur Commune consists of one census town, viz. Villianur and one Gram Panchayat, viz. Kurumbapet.[1]
Panchayat villages[edit]
The following are 17 panchayat villages under Villianur Commune:[2][3]
- Ariyur
- Kanuvapet
- Koodapakkam
- Kottaimedu
- Manavely
- Mangalam
- Odiampet
- Pillaiyarkuppam
- Poraiyur Agaram
- Manakuppam
- Sathamangalam
- Sedarapet
- Sivaranthagam
- Sulthanpet
- Thirukanchi
- Thondamanatham
- Uruvaiyar
PAST MAYOR MUNUSAMY NAICKER(1896-1899)
During french rule, Pondicherry is divided into several communes and each commune has mayors as its top most administrative officers. At that time the most wealthiest person in a particular commune is appointed as a mayor for administrative duties. In that time Munusamy Naicker is the wealthiest person in villenour commune possessing acres of agricultural lands doing agriculture. He was elected as the mayor of Villenour commune by the french officials. He has hobby of making shiva lingas and buring them under the ground. It has been told that many shiva lingas have been made by him and his sons and had been buried in his native place(SANDHAI PUDUKUPPAM-today). But surprisingly, we cannot find where he was buried. But recently, a statue of lingam made of limestone has been found in sandhai pudukuppam village making the news about him to be true. We can see his name inscripted in the present day Villenour commune panchayat office at villenour. His successors are residing at Sandhai pudukuppam today.
References[edit]
- ^ "Chapter 4 (Trends in Urbanisation: Urbanisation in the union territory of Puducherry" (PDF). 2011 census of India. p. 26. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "List of village panchayats in Puducherry district" (PDF). District Rural Development Agency, Department of Rural Development, Government of Puducherry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ 2011 census notes Villianur as a census town; from 2001 census Kurumbapet was considered as a gram panchayat.
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