Perambalur

Coordinates: 11°14′N 78°53′E / 11.23°N 78.88°E / 11.23; 78.88
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This article is about a City Municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu, India. For other uses, see Perambalur (disambiguation).

Perambalur
Perumpuliur
Perumpuliyur
Town
UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code04328
Vehicle registrationTN-46
Websitehttps://perambalur.nic.in

Perambalur is a City Municipal corporation which is located in the heart of Tamil Nadu and is 267 kilometers South of the capital city of Chennai. The district covers an area of 1,757 square kilometers, located between 10.54' and 11.30' degrees of Northern latitude and 78.40' and 79.30' degrees of Eastern longitude. There are no coastal lines in this inland district.

The District has the Vellar River in the North and well-marked natural divisions.

The most important irrigation resource is groundwater, accessed through tube wells and wells. Paddy, groundnut, sugarcane, millet, and cashew are the major crops grown in the district. Perambalur accounts for about 24% of the small onion produced in Tamil Nadu and holds first place in state production.

As per the 2011 Census, the total population of the Perambalur District is 5,65,223. The density of the population in the district is 321 per sq. Km

There is a set of 11th-century

Buddha statues around the villages of Perambalur called Perambalur Buddhas
.

Etymology

Historically, Perumpuliyur was commonly referred to in English as Perambalur. According to popular belief, the name Perumpuliyur signifies that the region might once have been a shelter for different varieties of tigers. "Perum" refers to "vast" and "puli" refers to "tiger" in English. Meanwhile, the villages around the town also own similar names such as keelapuliyur, melapuliyur, kurumbalur (aka kurumpuliyur), etc. declares additional importance to the stance.

According to Hindu mythology, the name referred to a once lived siddhar in the locality named pulisiddhar.

Geography

It is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Perambalur district and Perambalur Taluk (Sub-District).[1]

The town covers an area of 20.59 km2.[1] Though a landlocked district, fossils of marine species dated 416 million years ago were found near the Kunnam taluk of the district, revealing that the land was part of the ancient sea.

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
 
 86.94%
Muslim
 
 9.29%
Christian
 
 3.6%
Sikh
 
 0.01%
Buddhist
 
 0.01%
Jain
 
 0.0%
Other
 
 0.12%
No religion
 
 0.03%

According to

Buddhists, 0.0% Jains, 0.12% following other religions, and 0.03% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[3]

Administration and Politics

Perambalur District comprises one Revenue Division viz., Perambalur, Four Taluks viz., Perambalur, Veppanthattai, Kunnam, Alathur comprising 152 Revenue Villages. The District has four blocks, viz. Perambalur, Veppanthattai, Veppur, Alathur comprise 121 Village Panchayats. There is one Municipality viz. Perambalur and four Town Panchayats viz. Arumbavur, Kurumbalur, Labbaikudikadu and Poolambadi.

Perambalur comes under the

scheduled castes.[4] And current MLA is Prabhakaran from DMK, elected in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. The current Member of Parliament for Perambalur Constituency is T. R. Paarivendhar
.

Law and order are enforced by the Tamil Nadu police, which, for administrative purposes, has constituted Perambalur city as a separate district with a total of 9 police stations

Transport

Road

Pondicherry and Karaikal
towards Perambalur.

Rail

The Only Railway Station in the District is Sillakkudi Railway Station.[5] Other nearest Railway Junctions are Tiruchirapalli Railway Junction (59 kms.) and Vriddhachalam Railway Junction (69 kms.)

Air

Perambalur district doesn't have it's own Airport. The nearest International Airport is Tiruchirapalli International Airport (61 kms.)

Sea

The district doesn't have any coast lines, So the nearest seaport is

Karaikal port, 139 km away from Perambalur which is located in the Union Territory of Puducherry.



Landmarks

There is a set of 11th-century

Buddha statues around the villages of Perambalur called Perambalur Buddhas
.

A 15th-century fortress named Ranjankudi Fort located about 16 km north of the town in NH 45. The fort has a palace, residence buildings, underground chamber and an underground passage that links Pettai with Kottai Medu.

Mayil ootru is a waterfall on the foothills of Pachaimalai. Located near the village Ladapuram, it is 23 km from Perambalur surrounded by dense forest. [6]

See also

  • List of educational institutions in Perambalur

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Perambalur(05783)". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  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. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Category:Railway stations in Perambalur district", Wikipedia, 9 April 2024, retrieved 26 March 2025
  6. ^ [1]
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