| Endiyur | |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.35°N 79.9864°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Name2: | Villupuram District |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 3103 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 604001 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-16 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Pondicherry (about 32 km), Chennai (about 116 km) |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 101 ♂/♀ |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 74.85 % |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Villupuram |
| Blank5 Name Sec1: | State Assembly constituency |
| Blank5 Info Sec1: | Tindivanam |
Endiyur is a village panchayat located in Tindivanam, in the Villupuram district of Tamil-Nadu, India. The native language of the village is Tamil. The village is connected to nearby places through SH-134. The nearest railway station is Tindivanam which is 5 km from the village. Puducherry is 32.8 km from Endiyur. The village has a Draupadi Amman temple.
Endiyur village is located in Tindivanam Taluk, Villupuram District of Tamil-Nadu State, India.
Endiyur is located in the Tindivanam-Marakkanam Road. It is 5 kilometers distant from Tindivanam taluk town and 25 kilometers distant from Marakkanam, the village panchayat town. The village is 116 kilometers from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. It is 32.8 kilometers from Puducherry, the union territory. Endiyur is a village panchayat with a post office. The village is administrated by a Village Chairman who is elected through Panchayat Elections.
According to 2011 census, Endiyur has total population of 3103 of which 1556 are males and 1547 are females. Total of 773 families live in the village. Average Sex Ratio of Endiyur village is 994 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Endiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Endiyur village was 74.85% compared to 80.09% of Tamil Nadu. In Endiyur, Male literacy rate stands at 85.92% while female literacy rate was 63.75%.[1]
| Particulars | Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | 773 | – | – | |
| Population | 3103 | 1556 | 1547 | |
| Literacy | 74.85% | 85.92% | 63.75% |
Endiyur's climate is moderate, very similar to other parts of South India or Tamil Nadu. Summer is from April to August. Average temperature of summer is around 35 to 40 degree Celsius. Endiyur gets rainfall through North East Monsoon in the months of October, November and December. Average rainfall is around 15–20 cm in the monsoon season. The village does not get flooded with rainfall.[3]
Tourist sites near Endiyur include:
Endiyur is connected through State Highway SH-134. Buses are available to neighboring villages.
The nearest railway station to the village is Tindivanam.
Literacy rate in Endiyur is 74.85% and many inhabitants of the village in this generation, go outside the village to do higher studies. Endiyur comes under Tindivanam education district.
Endiyur educates the inhabitants and surrounding villagers with its own Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS). This school has class from 1st standard to 12th standard (HSC). Mode of education in the school is only Tamil. Mode of education through English is available at different private schools in Tindivanam nearby. Some of the renowned private schools at which students from Endiyur study are
The inhabitants of the village are Hindus and they belong to Vanniyar (Vanniya Goundar) community. Few families of Acharya community and only one Muslim family live in the village. There is no population of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the village.[8]
Palmyra is a facilitating NGO located in Aurobrindavan, Auroville. It helps Endiyur with various projects such as canal construction from lakes to lands, toilet construction for houses in the village, formation of self-help groups, maintenance of lakes in the village for irrigation etc., Palmyra has finished a project of construction toilet and bathroom facilities in every house in the village in 2013 and around 250 people got sanitation facilities as a result of this project.[9] Palmyra has also worked on drinking water treatment plant and installed a water treatment plant in the village in the year 2012.[10]
Women in Endiyur have formed self-help groups (Tamil: Mahalir Sangam) from the year 2000 and they run those groups continuously. These groups help women in the village with empowerment. They collect small savings every month and lend the same money as loan to the needy in the group itself. Also these self-help groups deposit their savings in bank and get interest for their savings. Government provides subsidies for the self-help groups to get loans for special occasions[11]