Aruppukottai
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Aruppukottai Location of Aruppukottai in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	9°31′N 78°06′E / 9.52°N 78.1°E / 9.52; 78.1Coordinates: 9°31′N 78°06′E / 9.52°N 78.1°E / 9.52; 78.1
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Virudhunagar
Population	84,029 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 97 metres (318 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 626101 • Telephone • +04566

Aruppukottai (Tamil: அருப்புக்கோட்டை) (English: erupt-Ducati) is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aruppukottai is about 45 km from Madurai in the middle of Madurai-Tuticorin National Highways NH-45B.The Original peoples of aruppukottai from Vijayanagaram Empire Warriors of Telugu speaking peoples they normally say Arava kottai it means Aravam in telugu represents Other language speaking and Kottai is just saying word by this speech day by day changed its original Name and Evolved as Aruppukottai.This is the Original name not like the following one which means 'Fort of Jasmines'. The small villages and towns surrounding Aruppukottai are famous for production of jasmines. Sri Ramana Maharishi was born in Tiruchuli near Aruppukottai town. Aruppukottai was Part of king Sethupathi of Ramnad.

Geography

The climate is dry and hot, with rains during October–December. Temperatures during summer reach a maximum of 45 and a minimum of 28 degrees Celsius. Winter temperatures range between 30 and 18 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall is about 70 cm.

Main areas

Ammankovil Street pandalkudi Road,Sathyamoorthy Bazaar, Kasukadai Bazaar, Vellaikottai-Chockalingapuram, Car Streets Of Chockalinga Puram, Vellaikottai-Sengunthapuram, Melatheru, Kizhatheru, South street, Telephone Road. Muslim north street, Thirunagaram, Virudhunagar Road , Chinna Pallivasal, Valavanthapuram, Quaid-e-Millat, East street, Maninagaram,Pillaimarr street,Kulandaivelpuram, Anna nagar, Aziz nagar, Periyar Nager, Periya Theru, Maravar Theru, Thammandh Theru, Kalla Theru, Puliam Patty, Chinna Puliampatti and Peria PuliamPatti, Vadugar Kottai, Velayuthapuram, Thirunagaram, Valavanthapuram, Mani Nagaram, Therku Theru, Agraharam, Ramasamy Puram,Amman Kovil Theru, Chekkadi, Palayampatty Old Jameen Palace,Kamarajar Nagar, E.B.Colony,South Street, M.D.R.Nagar, Thirunagaram, Weavers colony.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Aruppukottai had a population of 83,999. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. .

Economy

Aruppukottai acts mainly as an Educational and Commercial hub for the surrounding villages. It is noted for its cotton industries mainly spinning mills. Rice mills and limestone industries, hand loom, power loom, printing press, and some small scale industries such as school note book and daily calendar manufacturing. Hand loom, power loom is the main job in Vellaikottai area. Saliyars, mudaliyars and chettiars have weaving as the main work. Major employers are spinning mills, weaving sectors (handloom and powerloom), rice mills, private transport and government sector apart from agriculture.Aruppukottai has a predominant Kamma Naidu Devanga, Nadar, Mudaliar, saliyar, population.

Aruppukottai was once known for its handloom weaving industry and for Agricultural Millets very much famous.Nowadays, we can hardly see any in-house handloom machines (Thari) except for few pure Kanchipuram silk handlooms. Weaving industry in Aruppukottai serves mainly the Tamil Nadu Government's Free Dhotie, Saree Campaign. Agriculture is also a main concern in town areas Puliam Patty, Vadugar Kottai and surrounding village areas.

Now a Days More Mallus Purchasing Lands in the Surrounding areas and Much more Brokers Getting Urban peoples Lands in low price and resell for More Cost of Agricultural Lands to Mallus.

Worship centres

Hindu temples

• Arulmigu mariamman Kovil, AmmanKovil Street,Pandalkudi Road
• Arulmigu Thathankulam Vinayagar Temple, Sathyamoorthy Bazaar
• Shri Arulmigu Sokkanathar Swami Temple, Chockalingapuram-Vellaikottai
• Arulmigu Vazhavandamman Temple, Sengunthapuram-Vellaikottai
• Arulmigu Pattabiramar Kovil, Sathyamoorthy Bazaar
• Shri Amuthalingeswarar Temple
• Shri Muthumariamman Temple
• Arulmigu Ujjini Makali Amman Temple, Sengunthapuram-Vellaikottai
• Ayirangan Mariamman Temple
• Malaiarasan Temple
• Arulmigu Thottachi Amman Temple, Sengunthapuram-Vellaikottai
• Ramar Temple
• Arulmigu Ananda Ayyappan Temple (Sri Ramakrishna Ayyar Ayyappa Baktha Sabai)
• Ramalinga Sowdambika Amman Temple, Pudhukkadai bazaar
• Kammavar Sri Pandurangan Bhajanalayam
• Kammavar Sri Krishnan Bhajanalayam
• Sri Sri Sri Venkatesha Perumal Ramanuja Koodam Temple
• Sri Pampalamman Temple
• Sri Muniappan Temple
• Shri Balanagammal Temple in Vadugarkottai
• Shri Periyandavar Temple (near to Tamil Mani theatere)
• Arulmigu Ujjini Makaliamman Temple , Periyapuliampatti
• Arulmigu Palaniandavar Temple , VNR Road Pavadithippu

Churches

• CSI
• Roman Catholic
• AG church
• IPC
• TPM
• Baptist
• LEF
• Others

Mosques

• Nallur Muhaideen Andavar Masjid.
• Vazhavandhapuram Jum'ah Pallivasal
• Thoukith jamath pallivasal is Vast

Education

Virudhunagar district continued to be on the top in the State in Plus Two and SSLC examination results for more than two decades now. In the SSLC exam conducted in 2010, Aruppukottai educational district tops all the 68 educational districts in the State with a record success rate of 97.51 percentage. Forty schools, including record 24 Government schools, produced centum results in the Aruppukottai educational district alone. The Aruppukottai District Educational Officer, V. Pandi, said sustained monitoring of individual school and also group of students there contributed to the success. The Virudhunagar district Chief Educational Officer said that there was lot of competition among the students in scoring high marks too. (Ref: http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/28/stories/2010052857920300.htm)

Recently, an e-smart classroom was launched by Ex-Minister for Information and Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna and School Education Ex-Minister Thangam Thennarasu at a Government Higher Secondary School in Mallankinaru near Aruppukottai. (Ref: http://www.thehindu.com/education/school/article541882.ece)

On seeing success of Virudhunagar district, teams from Trichy district will visit schools to study best practices in Virudhunagar district that has been maintaining the first position for the last two decades. According to the CEO of Trichy district, Mr.T. Mohanakumar, Headmasters and subject teachers from top-notch schools in Virudhunagar district will also be invited to Tiruchi to guide their counterparts to scale up their performance. (Ref: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/article553660.ece)

Municipal schools

• Municipal Primary School, South Street
• Municipal Primary School, Ramasamypuram
• Municipal Middle School, Weavers Colony
• Municipal Middle School, Madurai Road
• Municipal Middle School, West Car Street

Government-aided schools Educational institutions are maintained by the people of the town as per their requirement and needed. In this those who majority they formed Middle school level to College Levels.

• S.B.K. Elementary School
• Hindu Nadar Middle School
• Vellakkottai Sengunthar Primary School
• Sengunthar Thirunagaram Primary School
• C.S.I. Primary School, Puliampatti
• C.S.I. Town Primary School, Pandalgudi Road
• C.S.I. Boarding Middle School, Madurai Road
• Devangar Primary School, South Street
• Devangar Middle School, Puliampatti
• Devangar Town Middle School, Telephone Road
• Devangar Middle School, Chokkalingapuram
• Velayuthapuram Saliar Mahajana Middle School
• Vellakkottai Saliar Mahajana Middle School
• Kammavar Primary School, Puliampatti
• Kammavar Ramanujar Middle School, Puliampatti
• Prince of Wales Institute Primary School, Pandalkudi Road
• MECA Primary School, Valavandapuram street, Madurai Road

High schools

• S.T.R.N. Government High School, Pandalkudi Road
• Sengunthar High School, Thirunagaram

Higher secondary schools

• S.B.K. Higher Secondary School
• S.B.K. Girls Higher Secondary School
• Devangar Higher Secondary School
• Devangar Girls Higher Secondary School
• Senghunthar Higher Secondary School, Vellaikottai
• CSI Girls Higher Secondary School
• Saliar Mahajana Higher Secondary School
• Al-Ameen Muslim Higher Secondary School

Nursery, primary, convent and matriculation schools

• Kammavar Nursery and Primary school
• Lions Junior Nursery and Primary School
• Sri Sowdambiga Convent Matriculation School
• Junior Cambridge Primary and Matriculation School
• Joseph Carmel Convent Matriculation School (this also)
• Seventhday Adventist Primary and Matriculation School
• Sivananda Vidyalayam Matriculation School
• S.B.K. K.S.S Thiagarajan Memorial Matriculation School
• Ambigai Vidhyalaya Nursery And Primary School-kailaasa oorani
• Gandhi Vidhyalayam Matriculation School, Ramasamy Nagar
• Bharathi Balar Primary School, Ramasamy Nagar
• Venkateswara Vidhyalaya Nursery and Primary School, Rajiv Nagar
• B.P.V. Sala Middle School, Palayampatti
• Saliar Mahajana Nursery School
• Vishwas Nursery & Primary School (Near Old Bus stand)

Colleges

• Devanga Arts College
• SBK Arts & Science College
• Sree Sowdambiga College of Engineering

Polytechnic

• Sri Sowdambika Polytechnic college

ITI

• Sri Jayavilas Memorial Subburaj Industrial training Center, Gandhi Nagar
• Vivekanda ITI, Kalkuruchi
• Vinayaka ITI, Peria Vallikulam

Transportation

Aruppukottai acts as a hub connecting Madurai, Thoothukudi, Virudhunagar, and Ramanathapuram. Virudhunagar town, which is well connected by roads, is 18 km from Aruppukottai.

Madurai, the second biggest city in Tamil Nadu by population, is only 49 km away. NH 45-B, an important freight-route, connecting Madurai and Thoothukkudi runs through Aruppukottai.

There are many private bus operators who ply the routes to nearby villages. Madurai is one of the most profitable competitive destinations. Every surrounding village is connected through bus links frequently. Some of the villages have only buses for morning and evening only. Normally you can get continuous buses to Madurai and other places every half an hour you can get buses for travelling.

1. Sri Jayavilas 2. Amarnath Travel 3. Shanmugam Transport 4. Jaya Roadways 5. MMP Transport 6. Meenambigai Transport 7. PRC Transport Besides, KPN, TNSTC AC, TNSTC Hi-Tech have daily services to Chennai.

Railways

Aruppukottai has one non-working railway station because it is having meter gauge only. This Railway station is now being converted to Broad Gauge railway line to Connect Manamadurai and Virudhunagar. Further more now Railway department started a Survey for Madurai to Thoothukudi Broad Gauge New railway line through Kariapatti -Aruppukottai -Ettaiyapuram - Thoothukudi.

Current issues

Town Roads

Although it's one of the main routes for connecting the Southern Tamil Nadu with Madurai city, the road facilities within the town are poor. The roads are very narrow and riddled. The roads near main market is encroached by many vendors.

Water Shortage

There was a chronic shortage of drinking water until the year 2005. After plan to bring water from Tamirabarani river has been successfully implemented, this shortage has eased to a great extent.

Human capital flight

Although the towns' schools produce a lot of students who graduate in top Professional Schools every year, the town still lacks any development in industrial sector. Even now, one can see a student from Aruppukottai in all top professional colleges. All of them migrate to cities. This can be attributed to the lack of natural resources and water scarcity, or to the urbanization in general.

====Dyeing Factory Relocation To Aruppukottai===

Currently In some places and Homes used for Dyeing Yarns for Textile mills some dyeing Units Shifted to Aruppukottai due to Pollution Problem In Tirupur.Now In Puliampatty Seval Kanmai Water Got Contaminated Because of Madurai Road Dyeing Factory may be this issue Solved Sooner.

Festivals

RAMZAN

Ramzan festival is one of the greatest festival in world wide. In aruppukottai this festival is celebrating in all muslims, peoples are have fasting in before 30 days due to ramzan day, then after fasting muslim peoples celebrating, the celebration is not only enjoy with ciema, dance,song,and other entertainments, mainly the celebration is help to poor people.       ஏழை மக்களுக்கு உதவி செய்து உன்னுடய சந்தோசத்தை பகிர்ந்து கொல்,என்று குரானில் சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளது.          எந்த் மதத்திலும் இது போன்ற செயல்களை சொல்ல வில்லை அப்படிப்பட்ட உன்னதமான மார்கங்களை கொண்டது இஸ்லாம்

Cinema

Some of the cinema theatres in Aruppukottai include:

• Lakshmi theatre DTS Qube
• Maharani theatre DTS
• Ilayarani theatre DTS A/C
• Queen's Nachiar theatre DTS
• Tamil Mani theatre DTS

Clubs and recreation camps

• Aruppukottai Chamber of Commerce
• Lions Club
• Rotary Club
• Jaycees Club
• Devanga Varthaga Sabai
• Islamic youngsters club

Politics

Aruppukkottai state assembly constituency is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha Constituency. Aruppukottai is a separate consituency of legislative election.

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