Chekkanurani | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Chekkanurani, Madurai (Tamil Nadu) |
Coordinates: | 9.9411°N 77.9716°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Madurai district |
Established Title: | |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 193 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 625514 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone Code |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Other Neighborhoods |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Municipal body |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Madurai Municipal Corporation |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | District Collector |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S. |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | LS |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | VS |
Blank6 Name Sec1: | MP |
Blank6 Info Sec1: | Manickam Tagore |
Blank7 Name Sec1: | MLA |
Website: | https://madurai.nic.in |
Chekkanurani is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Chekkanurani is located at an altitude of 193 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9.9411°N 77.9716°W.[5]
Chekkanurani has a Higher Secondary School viz., Keren Public School, from class Pre-KG to std. XII with 1,300 students totally.[6] [7] Also, a Government Polytechnic College, run by State Government of Tamil Nadu, is situated in Chekkanurani.[8]
During the surface excavation of earth, in the month of December 2022, near Chekkanurani, a carved sculpture of Kottravai (old deity goddess) was found, which is assumed to be 1200 years old.[9]