Pernambut

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Pernambut [1]
Headquarters [2]
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Pernambut Town
Nickname: 
Leather City
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Pernambut [5]
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12°56′19″N78°42′10″E / 12.9387°N 78.7028°E / 12.9387; 78.7028
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Vellore district
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyPernambut Municipality
Area
 • Total
12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [6]
 • Total
51,271
 • Density4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Tamil,
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
635810
Telephone code04171
Vehicle registration TN-23
Sex ratio 1028 ♂/♀

Pernambut is a town and village headquarters also a Municipality in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The economy is dependent on leather tanning industry, earning it the nickname Leather Tanning city of Tamil Nadu.[ citation needed ] Pernambut is a municipality and headquarters of Pernambut Taluk which is an administrative division comprising 52 Revenue villages in the district of Vellore.

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Religion

Pernambut [7] is multi cultured town where religions are diverse. Muslim worship places in Pernambut include: Chowk Masjid, Jamiya Masdjid, Nawab Daryakhan Masjid, Park Masjid, Road Masjid e Ahle Hadees, New Masjid e Ahle Hadees, Small Masjide Ahle Hadees, Masjid-E-Istiqamath, Ahle Hadees, Forquan, Masid Ahle Hadees, Masjid-E-Hassaniya Ahle Hadees, Ahle Hadees Jamiya Masjid, Masjid-E-Shekul Hadees, Masjid-Umar, Masjid-E-fazal, Ahle Hadees and many more.[ citation needed ] Hindu worship places in pernambut include: Gangai Amman Kovil, Sivan Kovil, Aanchaneyar Koil, Krishar Kovil, Vinayagar Kovil, Venkatesa Perumal With Sri Devi and Bhudevi Kovil. Christian worship places in Pernambut include: St. Pauls Lutheran Church - IELC, Church of God - COG

Demographics

Religious census
ReligionPercent(%)
Muslim
 
61.56%
Hindu
 
36.44%
Christian
 
1.72%
Jain
 
0.1%
Other
 
0.15%

According to 2011 census, Pernampattu had a population of 51,271 with a sex-ratio of 1,028 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. [8] A total of 6,866 were under the age of six, constituting 3,452 males and 3,414 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 23.57% and .02% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 68.94%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. [8] The town had a total of 10,450 households. There were a total of 16,523 workers, comprising 62 cultivators, 103 main agricultural labourers, 1,602 in house hold industries, 12,838 other workers, 1,918 marginal workers, 30 marginal cultivators, 18 marginal agricultural labourers, 158 marginal workers in household industries and 1,712 other marginal workers. [6] Pernambut is a multi cultural city, with people of all religions. According to the Census of 2011, Pernampattu (M) had 61.56% Muslims, 36.44% Hindus, 1.72% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs, 0.0% Buddhists, 0.1% Jains, 0.15% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference. [9]

Climate

Climate data for Pernambut (1971-2000)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)29.7
(85.5)		32.5
(90.5)		35.7
(96.3)		38.4
(101.1)		39.0
(102.2)		36.6
(97.9)		34.9
(94.8)		34.2
(93.6)		34.1
(93.4)		32.3
(90.1)		29.9
(85.8)		28.7
(83.7)		33.8
(92.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)17.8
(64.0)		19.3
(66.7)		21.3
(70.3)		24.7
(76.5)		25.9
(78.6)		25.6
(78.1)		24.7
(76.5)		24.2
(75.6)		23.5
(74.3)		22.3
(72.1)		20.6
(69.1)		18.7
(65.7)		22.4
(72.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)9.4
(0.37)		4.5
(0.18)		12.3
(0.48)		24
(0.9)		65.9
(2.59)		76.8
(3.02)		129.3
(5.09)		144.7
(5.70)		185
(7.3)		146.2
(5.76)		147.7
(5.81)		84.5
(3.33)		1,030.4
(40.57)
Average rainy days0.80.30.81.34.25.27.18.08.78.17.44.056
Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010) [10] [11]

Another source with different averages.

Climate data for Pernambut
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)9.2
(48.6)		11.1
(52.0)		15.3
(59.5)		20.2
(68.4)		24.3
(75.7)		25.1
(77.2)		21.7
(71.1)		20.8
(69.4)		20.7
(69.3)		18.8
(65.8)		15.8
(60.4)		12
(54)		17.9
(64.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)5.6
(42.1)		7.3
(45.1)		11.2
(52.2)		15.9
(60.6)		19.8
(67.6)		20.9
(69.6)		18.9
(66.0)		18.2
(64.8)		17.5
(63.5)		15
(59)		11.6
(52.9)		8.2
(46.8)		14.2
(57.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)2.1
(35.8)		3.5
(38.3)		7.2
(45.0)		11.6
(52.9)		15.4
(59.7)		16.8
(62.2)		16.1
(61.0)		15.7
(60.3)		14.3
(57.7)		11.2
(52.2)		7.5
(45.5)		4.5
(40.1)		10.5
(50.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)66
(2.6)		63
(2.5)		70
(2.8)		45
(1.8)		61
(2.4)		163
(6.4)		411
(16.2)		343
(13.5)		172
(6.8)		44
(1.7)		13
(0.5)		29
(1.1)		1,480
(58.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 2103m [12]

Economy and culture

The economy is dependent on the leather industries, glue factories as well as Beedi factories where more of the locals work. [13] The town houses leather tanning and manufacturing facilities and is a leading cluster for export of finished leather and leather-related products.[ citation needed ] Pernambut is known for its Unani Medicine. Ramadan and Eid Al-Adha festivals are celebrated by Muslims, Diwali and Pongal by Hindus and Christians celebrate Easter and Christmas.[ citation needed ]Paddy, Banans, coconuts, groundnuts, corn, soya, vegetables are cultivated here. [ citation needed ]

Transport

The Town has transport facilities for all directions and major National Highways passing through Pernambut. NH75 which connects Mangalore, Bangalore and Vellore. State Highways major district roads and village roads. These roads are having access to surrounding important towns like Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Gudiyatham, Pallikonda and Vellore. It also connects metro cities of Chennai and Bangalore. The nearest international airports are Chennai International Airport (190 km) and Bengaluru International Airport (180 km);. Pernambut is well-connected by road. National Highway 75 (NH 75) connects Pernambut to the nearest big city of Vellore. Pernambut is connected by road to all the major towns State Highways major district roads and village roads.

Distance between major towns and Pernambut:[ citation needed ]

Politics

Pernambut Assembly Constituency (SC) was part of Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency) now it is part of Gudiyatham Assembly Constituency [ citation needed ]


There are many panchayats in pernambut rural areas, Aravatla panchayat, gundalapalli panchayat, sathkar panchayat,bathalapalli panchayat

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