Sakkaramallur

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Sakkaramallur (Arcot)
Modern village panchayat
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Ranipet District
Population
 (2011)
  Total5,000
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
632504 [1]
Telephone code04172
Vehicle registration TN23,TN 73 Ranipet division
Nearest city Vellore, Kanchipuram, Chennai
Sex ratio 100 /
Literacy69.77%%
Lok Sabha constituency Arakkonam

Sakkaramallur is an Indian village panchayat located in Arcot Taluk of Ranipet District in the state of Tamil Nadu. Sakkaramallur is located on Right Bank of Palar River.

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Climate

The taluk has fairly healthy climate. The study area has distinctly high temperature in hot months and cold weather is for a short duration.

The climatic seasons are generally classified as follows:

The main maximum temperature during summer normal occurs in the month of May while the minimum temperature in winter occurs in January.

The north–east monsoon gives most of the rains. The average rainfall for a year is found to be 600 mm. The maximum rainfall occurs during the month of September and October due to north-east monsoon.

Demographics

Religious census
ReligionPercent(%)
Hindu
100%
Muslim
0%
Christian
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
Buddhist
0.0%
Jain
0.0%
Other
0.0%
No religion
0.0%

Politics

Eswarappan is the sitting MLA from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and G. Hari is sitting Member of Parliament, from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK).

Sakkaramllur is part of Arcot Assembly Constituency. Arcot assembly constituency is part of Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency). R. Srinivasan is the sitting Chairperson of the Municipality from ADMK. [2]

Transport

The main mode of transport is by bus since it is economical, and well connected by road. A national highway and two state highways pass through Nearby Arcot Town. There are frequent buses to almost all parts of Tamil Nadu. Buses depart every 15 minutes from Arcot Town to Chennai City and there are also buses to Hosur, Bangalore, Tirupathi, Pondicherry (Puducherry). There are lot of private bus operators as well, who provide services on local and short-distance routes. The nearest railway station to sakkaramallur is Walaja Road, which is around 10 km from Sakkaramallur. There are buses (Route 202) Between Arani and Chennai very frequently and also straight buses (Route 123) between Arcot to Chennai. The local bus from Karivedu to Arcot Town is route no.36,37,38.Buses depart every 15–20 minutes from Arcot Town to sakkaramallur Village. Connectivity available on Arcot town Bus-stop In All Areas.[ citation needed ]

The nearest railway station is walajah Road station 10 km from the town lying between Arakkonam and Vellore-Katpadi Junction 40 km. The new broad gauge line from Tindivanam to Nagari via Walajah Road Junction will pass through nearby Arcot Town. It will function within one year.[ citation needed ]

Background

Neighbouring villages are Puthupadi, Anathangal, Essaiyanur, Valavanur.[ citation needed ] The village is home to a population of around 5000 in around 1500 households.[ citation needed ] The main occupations represented in the village is farming.[ citation needed ] The village has a pond and a lake; after the rainy season, villagers use the lake water and palar river for irrigation.[ citation needed ] One corporate bank is available in the village, the bank offers loan facilities for farming families.[ citation needed ] One Govt post office is available in the village[ citation needed ] One famous Government higher secondary school is also located in the village.[ citation needed ] There is a Cricket ground is situated to the local School.[ citation needed ] Villagers hold Summer cricket tournaments against neighbouring village teams.[ citation needed ]

The route from Arcot to Kancheepuram en route these villages. Arcot→Mupathuvetti→Puthupadi→Sakkaramallur→Anathangal→Essaiyanur→Valavanur→Brahmadesam→Kancheepuram.

Some of the nearest towns are:

Some of the district headquarters are:

Educational facilities

Some of the colleges for students:

Some of the schools:

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References

  1. India Post web portal (Government of India). "India Post search result for Pin code of Sakkaramallur village" . Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2008.