Ariyalur

Coordinates: 11°8′14″N 79°4′40″E / 11.13722°N 79.07778°E / 11.13722; 79.07778
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This article is about the municipality in Tamil Nadu, India. For other uses, see Ariyalur (disambiguation).

Ariyalur
Town
Precipitation
620 millimetres (24 in)

Ariyalur (Tamil: [aɾijaluːɾ]) is a town and district headquarters of Ariyalur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is rich in limestone, surrounded with seven cement factories and two sugar factories. The town is located at a distance of 310 km (190 mi) from the state capital Chennai.

Ariyalur was a part of the erstwhile

Cauvery Delta
and the major profession in the town is agriculture.

Ariyalur is administered by a municipality established in 1994. As of 2011, the municipality covered an area of 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) and had a population of 28,902. Ariyalur comes under the

Karaikal port, located 95 km (59 mi) away, while the nearest airport is the Tiruchirappalli International Airport
, located 76 km (47 mi) away from the town.

History

Ariyalur is one of the most important places for the Chozha Dynasty. Vallavarayan Vandhiyadevan home town is Ariyalur. The late Cholas made Gangai Konda Cholapuram as their capital.

After the Chozha dynasty, Vijayanagar Nayak kings ruled and built many temples in Ariyalur Kothandaramar temple.

In 1741 the Marathas invaded Tiruchirappalli and took Chanda Saheb as captive. Chanda Saheb succeeded in securing freedom in 1748 and soon got involved in a famous war for the Nawabs place in the Carnatic against Anwardeen, the Nawab of Arcot and his son Mohammed Ali.

Mohammed Ali annexed the two palayams of Ariyalur and Udayarpalayam located with troops were in the Ariyalur district on the grounds of default in the payment of Tributes and failure to assist him in quelling the rebellion of Yusuf Khan. In November 1764, Mohammed Ali represented the issue to Madras Council and obtained military assistance on 3 January 1765. The forces led by Umdat-Ul-Umara and Donald Campbell entered Ariyalur and captured it. The young Poligar together with his followers thereupon fled to Udayarpalayam. On 19 January the army marched upon Udayarpalayam. The Poligar's troops were defeated and the playams were occupied. The two poligars fled their town and took refuge in Tharangampadi, then a Danish Settlement. The annexation of the palayam gave the Navab uninterrupted possession of all his territories extending Arcot to Tiruchirapalli.

The history followed was a power struggle between Hyder Ali and later Tipu Sultan with the British. After the death of Tipu Sultan the English took the civil and military Administration of the Carnatic in 1801. Thus Tiruchirappalli came into the hands of the English and the District was formed in 1801.

Geography

Ariyalur is a municipality and headquarters of Ariyalur District in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is rich in limestone resources.

Climate

Ariyalur has a

tropical wet and dry climate
.

Climate data for Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1979-2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.0
(107.6) 		42.4
(108.3) 		42.4
(108.3) 		45.4
(113.7) 		48.4
(119.1) 		42.0
(107.6) 		41.5
(106.7) 		49.6
(121.3) 		44.4
(111.9) 		42.2
(108.0) 		42.2
(108.0) 		42.4
(108.3) 		49.6
(121.3)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 33.9
(93.0) 		35.8
(96.4) 		39.0
(102.2) 		40.6
(105.1) 		40.8
(105.4) 		39.5
(103.1) 		38.9
(102.0) 		39.3
(102.7) 		38.9
(102.0) 		37.0
(98.6) 		35.3
(95.5) 		33.8
(92.8) 		41.1
(106.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.7
(89.1) 		33.6
(92.5) 		36.2
(97.2) 		38.0
(100.4) 		38.7
(101.7) 		37.0
(98.6) 		35.9
(96.6) 		36.4
(97.5) 		36.2
(97.2) 		34.2
(93.6) 		32.0
(89.6) 		30.8
(87.4) 		35.2
(95.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.6
(79.9) 		28.0
(82.4) 		30.3
(86.5) 		33.0
(91.4) 		33.2
(91.8) 		32.5
(90.5) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.0
(87.8) 		29.3
(84.7) 		27.4
(81.3) 		26.3
(79.3) 		30.3
(86.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.4
(70.5) 		22.4
(72.3) 		24.3
(75.7) 		28.0
(82.4) 		27.7
(81.9) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.5
(81.5) 		26.8
(80.2) 		25.8
(78.4) 		24.3
(75.7) 		22.7
(72.9) 		21.7
(71.1) 		25.3
(77.5)
Mean minimum °C (°F) 19.9
(67.8) 		20.8
(69.4) 		21.0
(69.8) 		24.6
(76.3) 		23.5
(74.3) 		25.3
(77.5) 		25.2
(77.4) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.3
(73.9) 		22.2
(72.0) 		20.8
(69.4) 		20.2
(68.4) 		19.6
(67.3)
Record low °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4) 		13.0
(55.4) 		15.2
(59.4) 		20.0
(68.0) 		15.6
(60.1) 		21.9
(71.4) 		19.4
(66.9) 		20.6
(69.1) 		19.8
(67.6) 		18.2
(64.8) 		13.0
(55.4) 		15.2
(59.4) 		13.0
(55.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 2.6
(0.10) 		0.9
(0.04) 		8.6
(0.34) 		18.5
(0.73) 		51.3
(2.02) 		32.4
(1.28) 		22.8
(0.90) 		88.7
(3.49) 		83.5
(3.29) 		114.7
(4.52) 		190.9
(7.52) 		93.2
(3.67) 		708.2
(27.88)
Average rainy days (≥ 2.5 mm) 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.5 1.9 1.4 4.2 4.8 6.7 7.7 4.2 35.3
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		80 72 63 61 61 61 62 66 71 80 85 83 70
Source 1: India Meteorological Department[1][2][3]
Source 2: NOAA (humidity)[4]

Economy

Big industrial houses like Birlas (UltraTech Cement), India Cements, Dalmia Cement, Madras Cement have their cement units here. Tamil Nadu government's TANCEM factory is in Ariyalur and is the first factory to establish the cement production in ariyalur.

Sugar cane is grown as a major commercial crop. One private sugar factory near Keelapalur is functioning in the district with a capacity of crushing 3,000 Tonnes per day. One of the main crops in Ariyalur district is cashew. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered Packers of black soil. This town consists mainly of glade soil. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Rice also grown in some places.

Administration and politics

Municipality Officials
Chairman [5]
Commissioner K. Sudha[6]
Vice Chairman M. Malarkodi[7]
Elected Members
Member of Legislative Assembly K.Chinnappa[8]
Member of Parliament Thol. Thirumavalavan[9]{current}

The municipality of Ariyalur was established as a second grade town panchayat from 1943 during British rule. It was promoted to a first grade town panchyat in 1995, to a second grade in 1966 and a special grade in October 2004. Jayankondam is the first Municipality in Ariyalur district. During December 2004, it was promoted to a third grade municipality.[10] As of 2008, the municipality covered an area of 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) and had a total of 18 members. The functions of the municipality is devolved into six departments: General, Engineering, Revenue, Public Health, Town planning and the Computer Wing. All these departments are under the control of a Municipal Commissioner who is the supreme executive head.[11] The legislative powers are vested in a body of 18 members, one each from the 18 wards. The legislative body is headed by an elected Chairperson assisted by a Deputy Chairperson.[12] The municipality had an estimated income of ₹75,917,000 and an estimated expenditure of ₹63,703,000 for the year 2012–13.[13]

Ariyalur comes under the

Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the constituency since 2021 is K. Chinnappa
from the DMK Party.

Ariyalur is a part of the

Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency and elects a member to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, once every five years.[9][15] The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Thol.Thirumavalavan from the DMK party.[9]

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
 
 90.55%
Muslim
 
 4.61%
Christian
 
 3.81%
Sikh
 
 0.02%
Buddhist
 
 0.01%
Jain
 
 0.01%
Other
 
 0.97%
No religion
 
 0.01%

According to

Buddhists, 0.01% Jains, 0.97% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[20]

Utility services

Electricity supply to Ariyalur is regulated and distributed by the

Kollidam river through three schemes with head works of two of them located at Thirumanur. In the period 2010–2011, a total of 2.3 million litres of water was supplied everyday for households in the town. There are three bore wells and 356 water fountains in the town that serves as the source of groundwater.[22] About 11 metric tonnes of solid waste are collected from Ariyalur every day by door-to-door collection out of the 15 metric tonnes generated and subsequently the source segregation and dumping is carried out by the sanitary department of the municipality. The coverage of solid waste management had an efficiency of 73% as of 2001.[23] There is limited underground drainage system in the town and the major sewerage system for disposal of sullage is through septic tanks, open drains and public conveniences.[24] The municipality maintains a total of 25.16 km (15.63 mi) of storm water drains in Ariyalur, out of which 7.93 km (4.93 mi) are open drains and 17.23 km (10.71 mi) are unpaved drains.[25] There is a government hospital and twelve private hospitals and clinics that take care of the healthcare needs of the citizens.[26] There are a total of 1,501 street lamps in Ariyalur: 361 sodium lamps, 1,139 tube lights and one high mast beam lamp.[27] The municipality operates one fish and meat market that has 46 shops and a weekly market that cater to the needs of the town and the rural areas around it.[28]

Transportation

Ariyalur Railway Station

The National Highway NH136 connects

Karaikal port, located 95 km (59 mi) away, while the nearest airport is the Tiruchirappalli International Airport, located 76 km (47 mi) away from the town.[30]

Tiruchirappalli Junction
.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1981-2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1971-2000" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Ariyalur Climate Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Chairman of Ariyalur". Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Commissioner of Ariyalur". Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Vice Chairman of Ariyalur". Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  8. ^ "MLA of Ariyalur". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Members of Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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  11. ^ "Commissionerate of Municipal Administration". Commissionerate of Municipal Administration. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  12. ^ Economic and political weekly 1995, p. 2396
  13. ^ "Budget 2010–11" (in Tamil). Ariyalur Municipality. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  14. ^ "List of Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu state government. 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Map showing the new assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  16. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2009, pp. 4-5
  17. ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Ariyalur". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  19. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2009, p. 34
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "Important Address" (PDF). Indian Wind Power Association. 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  22. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2008, p. 22
  23. ^ "Waste management programme". Ariyalur Municipality. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  24. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2008, p. 24
  25. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2008, p. 25
  26. ^ "Ariyalur hospitals". Ariyalur municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  27. ^ "Ariyalur street lighting". Ariyalur municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  28. ^ Urban Infrastructure Report 2008, p. 35
  29. ^ a b Urban Infrastructure Report 2008, p. 31
  30. ^ a b "Ariyalur bus routes". Ariyalur municipality. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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