Alamarathupatti | |
Native Name: | அலமரத்துப்பட்டி |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 9.4737°N 77.8392°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Virudhunagar |
Leader Title: | Panchayat President |
Leader Name: | Mr.P. Mahalingam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 626130 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 91 4562 |
Registration Plate: | TN 67 |
Alamarathupatti is a village and panchayat in Sivakasi block, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.[1] [2]
Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and is close to the towns of Thiruthangal (4 km away) and Sivakasi (6 km away). The road to Alamarathupatti from Sivakasi is home to many firecracker factories.[3]
J. Balagangadharan, the former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, is from the village.
The village has a primary school, PUPS Alamarathupatti[4]
Each April the village has a festival in which residents carry idols of Narayana and Nachiyar on palanquins from the town of Thiruthangal. Many people from this village participated in the Indian independence movement.