Karumandurai | |
Official Name: | Karumandurai |
Other Name: | Chinna Kalvarayan Hills or Karumanthurai |
Settlement Type: | Small developed village. |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 11.8261°N 78.6271°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Salem |
Named For: | Surrounding areas headquarter |
Government Type: | Panchayat Village |
Governing Body: | Panchayat Local Body |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Karumanduraiyan |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 636 138 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04292 |
Registration Plate: | TN-77footnotes = |
Website: | makes |
Karumandurai is a developed village situated in East Salem district in Kalvarayan Hills., Tamil Nadu - India. This is a town for surrounding areas around 100+ villages. Colloquially called Kalrayan Hills, further divided as Chinna Kalrayan and Periya Kalrayan Hills. In Periya Kalrayan Hills famous temple called Kariyaramar Temple in village Kariyakoil. It is beautiful hill station which has famous for nurseries, fruit farm. This fruit orchards 2nd largest in South Asia around 1054 acres.
Main source of income from agriculture's Suger cane, Tapioca, Vegetables(Tomato,cabbage,beetroot, carrot), Paddy and millets-pearl millet, finger millet, varagu(kodo), horticulture, live stocks, pepper and coffee.
It is situated around 65 km from Salem in that stretch 10 km are hill road. Once you reach this small town we will not feel as hill station because surroundings 5 km not much slope area. From here you can reach Kallakuruchi around 50 km with ghats road and few hairpins. Tourist spots on this road are small lake with boating, Periyar falls on road itself and further inside forest Megan falls.