Alampattu Explained

Alampattu
Settlement Type:Village
Image Alt:Alampattu Green
Pushpin Map:India Tamil Nadu
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:9.968°N 78.685°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sivaganga
Unit Pref:Metric
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:630305
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:04565

Alampattu is a village in the state of Tamil Nadu, Sivaganga District, India. It is 20 km from the town Karaikudi.

Alampattu is properly located on the Kallal–Devakottai Highway and situated on south to river Varshalei Manimutharu. District Headquarters Sivaganga Town is at 36 km via Kalayar Kovil by road. Karaikudi Town which is 20 km from the Alampattu village is the educational and financial hub of Sivaganga district, and Ramnad district of Tamil Nadu state in India.

Administration

Alampattu (*Alampattu North * Alampattu South * Alampattu Lalipathi)

Elected People's Representatives

Alampattu village is a part of Karaikudi (State Assembly Constituency) and Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency).

Status in 2018
Village panchayat Alampattu Panchayat Panchayat President Panchayat President
State Legislative Assembly Seats – 235 Karaikudi Constituency Member of LA K. R. Ramasamy Elected in 2016
National Parliament (Lok Sabha) Constituency Seats −543 Sivaganga ConstituencyMember of ParliamentP. R. SenthilnathanElected in 2014

Transport

By road

The state-run TNSTC and private omnibus operates services en-route Alampattu to places in and around the region. Karaikudi, the educational and financial hub of the region, is well connected by TNSTC; private omnibus operates services to Devakottai, Kallal and Madurai, via Alampattu.

New NH number

By rail

Alampattu is well connected by rail network, the nearest railhead Kallal (KAL) train station (3 km) and Karaikudi Junction(KKDi) train station (24 km) from Alampattu village, caters train service to Tiruchirappalli Junction (TPJ), Thanjavur (TJ), Erode (ED), Coimbatore (CBE), Pondicherry (PDY), Sengottai (SCT), Tirunelveli (TEN), Kanyakumari (CAPE) and to the state capital "Chennai" Chennai Egmore (MS), within the state of Tamil Nadu. Other important cities like Visakhapatnam (VSKP), Bhubaneswar (BBS), Vijayawada (BZA), Nagpur (NGP), Allahabad (ALD), and to the Hindu holy city of "Kashi" Varanasi (BSB) & Ayodhya (AY) (North India) and Rameshwaram (RMM) (South India) are well connected by Indian Railways.

The Boat Mail Express is one among the oldest train services in operation running since February 1914, in the region. At the time of its initial induction into service, was operated from Madras Egmore (Chennai Egmore) to Colombo in Ceylon, with boat ferry service in between connecting from Dhanushkodi (India) to Talaimannar in Ceylon, from Talaimannar passenger board another train service on CEYLON RAILWAYS network to Colombo. Post 1964 Cyclon, this train service route was shortened to operate between Chennai Egmore and Rameshwaram Town – Rameshwaram Express.

Major train services

By air

Tiruchirapalli International Airport (TRZ) and Madurai International Airport (IXM) are located at 100 km and 86 km respectively. Chennai International Airport Madras(MAA) is at a distance of 400 km.

Education

The average combined (male and female) literacy rate of Alampattu is at 86%.

Culture and language

Tamil is the native language of Alampattu village, while English is widely understood in and around the region.

Hindu religion is predominant, and few percentage of people embrace faith of Christianity and Islam in nearby villages.

Temples of Alampattu

(from south to north)

Festivals of Alampattu

Climate

Alampattu in general is dry and semi-arid, with mean annual rainfall of 745.87mm.The maximum and minimum temperature are 22 degree Celsius and 39 degree Celsius, average temperature at 28.1 degree Celsius .

April, May and June have the hottest temperatures, rising to 36 degree Celsius and above, while the cool month begins with the start of November prevailing till the end of January with temperature ranging from 27.6 degree Celsius to 29.8 degree Celsius.

Agriculture

Major portion of the cultivable land depend on rainfed water, remaining is under irrigation system depends on tank, well for water source.Once upon a time Alampattu land used to raise double crop in a year with rainwater harvesting method; Oorani (Tank), now this region accounts for low average rainfall, Due to uneven rainfall coupled with dry and semi arid condition of the land resulting in low agricultural productivity have urged the State Government to come up with programs like the Integrated Watershed Management Program to extend financial support to the marginal farmers and educating them on productive planning and executing.

Water bodies

Agri produce

Livestock

External links

Alampattu Website was launched in October-2011

References