Puliyankudi

Puliangudi
City
Puliangudi Puliyangudi, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 9°10′21″N77°23′44″E / 09.172500°N 77.395600°E / 09.172500; 77.395600
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
Taluk	Kadayanallur
Named for	(Lemon City)
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Rank	1
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	66,000
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	4636 (Sankarankovil Telephone Code)
Vehicle registration	TN-79 (Sankarankovil RTO)
2nd Grade Municipality

Puliangudi is a municipal town located between Tenkasi and Rajapalayam on the National Highway 208 (Kollam to Tirumangalam). ^[1]

It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Tenkasi District and Kadayanallur Taluk. Taluk headquarters, Kadayanallur, is 16 km south from Puliangudi, and the district headquarters, Tenkasi lies 31 km south. It is called "Lemon City of India" because it has two lemon markets especially for exporting lemons.^{[ citation needed ]}

Geography

Puliangudi is located at 9°10′21″N77°23′44″E / 09.172500°N 77.395600°E / 09.172500; 77.395600 . 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. ^[2]

Puliangudi town is spread across an area of 55.16 sq.km 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

Religious census
Religion			Percent(%)
Hindu			72.22%
Muslim			20.88%
Christian			6.81%
Sikh			0.01%
Other			0.07%

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. ^[3]

Agriculture

Puliangudi city is known for the cultivation of Acid lime. The climate, soil and marketing facilities are quite suitable for the cultivation of this crop, thus making this city the leader in acid lime cultivation. ^[4]

Schools

As per 2009-10 Administration Report there are totally 66 schools in this Municipal town. ^[5]

• Higher Secondary Schools - 7
• High Schools. - 31
• Matriculation Schools - 4
• Middle Schools - 10
• Primary Schools - 14

Other training institutes

• Marutham TNPSC Coaching school
• Puliyangudi Academic Achievements Resource Trust (PAART) TNPSC Coaching Center

References

1. https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/puliangudi/about-us-2/ ^{[ dead link ]}
2. http://www.mediatoday.in/magazines/ati.2015.12/files/basic-html/page17.html ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu" (XLS). Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
4. "New acid lime variety | National Innovation Foundation-India".
5. https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/puliangudi/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2019/11/Admin-Report0910.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

External links

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