Semmanipatti
Semmanipatti
Semminipatti | ||
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village | ||
Country | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sholavandan |
Semmanipatti, also called Semminipatti or Chemminipatti, is a village in the
History
Semminipatti village comes under the control of its own administrative office as well as
Semminipatti does not have its own post office or police station. The village is served by the post office in nearby Katchaikatti village, whilst Vadipatti police station is responsible for Semmanipatti.
Two decades ago Semminipatti was famous for
Economy
All the families mostly depend on agriculture. Semminipatti is the largest producer of coconuts for
The village has nearly 7 bricks manufacturing units. It exports bricks to various cities in Tamil Nadu. And some section of people working in bricks manufacturing unit. The village has 2 blue metal quarries.
Some section of people prefer to taking the jobs in
Most of the young man prefer to join the indian Army and police service after their Intermediate class. This village has nearly 12 serving indian Army Soldiers and 10 Retired indian Army personnel.
Semminipatti has 8 coffee cafes, 10 grocery stores, 1 tailoring shop and 1 barbershop.
Transport
People can reach semminipatti through bus route only. semminipatti has no railway station or Airport.
Through Bus, there is often mini bus from vadipatti to semminipatti for the interval of 20 minutes. vadipatti is 3 km from semminipatti and well connected with National Highway. Also people can reach from madurai and dindigul through vadipatti.
Through Train, the nearest railway station are Kodaikanal Road (15 km), sholavandan (18 km), madurai (27 km), dindigul(27 km).
Through Air, the nearest airport is madurai airport (35 km).
Education
Semminipatti has one junior high government school (Tamil Medium) and controlled by Tamil Nadu state board( Which has 1st standard to 8th standard), it has one Anganwadi Centre and it controlled by Integrated Child Development Services, Tamil Nadu and also it has one library. But most children are going to vadipatti for primary and secondary education. Here peoples are studied average 10th standard.
Festival
Semminipatti most celebrated festivals are
Development Breakthrough
The significant development of Semminipatti came after 1997 only.
From an agriculture point of view, from 2001 to 2007 the rainfall is below par average rainfall. This makes the well dry. This affected the farmers going for agriculture. The coconut trees died due to the insufficient water. Most of the farmers left the farming and doing any other jobs in and around Semminipatti for livelihood. After 2007 there is the average rainfall throughout Semminipatti this makes the farmers return to the agriculture. This makes the economy boosting.
In 2009 Government of India opened the MITP (Madurai Industrial Textile Park) in vadipatti. Semminipatti village women getting jobs in MITP. This removes the jobless fear among women. They contribute the earning money to their families to increase their family economy.
From bricks manufacturing point of view, The people from various parts of
Now the land value (real estate business) is getting high for 4 folds of actual value of 2006.
Controversies
In 2004 to 2007 due to the poor rainfall most of the farmers sold the sand from their agriculture land to the brick manufacturing unit (Sand is the important raw material in brick manufacturing). This led to the farmers can't use these lands for further cultivation.
President of Semminipatti
Mrs. Shanti Kannadasan (2011 - Till Now)
Mrs. Shanti Kannadasan (2006–2011)
Mr. R.Nanappan (2001–2006)
Mr. P.Hari Krishnan (1996–2001).