Ulundurpettai

Coordinates: 11°41′26″N 79°17′30″E / 11.69056°N 79.29167°E / 11.69056; 79.29167
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For the taluk and revenue block, see Ulundurpet taluka.

Ulundurpettai
Ulundurpet
Municipality
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
606107
Telephone code04149
Vehicle registrationTN-15,TN-32 (until June 2013)

Ulundurpettai or Ulundurpet is a municipality in Ulundurpet taluka of Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It is at the intersection of NH 68 and NH 45 located 205 km from Chennai and 129 km from Tiruchirappalli. Ulundurpettai itself is a Constituency for Tamil Nadu State Assembly, and is the Taluk headquarters for Ulundurpet taluka in the eastern region of Kallakurichi district, and is in Ulundurpet revenue block.

The Panchayat Town also has a railway station connecting

Villupuram Junction, Villupuram and Virudhachalam Junction, Virudhachalam.- Ulundurpet railway station
.

Etymology

Ulundurpet was once the home for Palyagar (பாளையகாரர்). The remains of the mud fort are still to be seen. The name Ulundurpettai is derived from the

black-gram
.

The story

Lord Siva
. The merchant then built a temple for the lord.

Demographics

For the demographics of the taluk, see Ulundurpet taluka § Demographics.

As of the

2011 India census,[3]
the town of Ulundurpettai had a population of 23,734. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Ulundurpettai had an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 79%, and female literacy was 63%. As of 2011 in Ulundurpettai, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Politics

Ulundurpettai assembly constituency is part of

Villupuram (Lok Sabha constituency).[4] Ulundurpet is one of the state assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. A J Manikannan
is the Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly since May 2, 2021.

References

  1. ^ "NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: kallakurichi: Ulundurpettai". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  2. ^ B S, Baliga (1962). Madras District Gazetteers: South Arcot. Tamilnadu, India: Superintendent, Government Press.
  3. ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
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