| Mohanur | |
| Other Name: | Mohai |
| Nickname: | Kovil nagaram |
| Settlement Type: | Taluk / Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.08°N 78.17°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kongu Nadu |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Namakkal |
| Established Date: | September 2018 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 143 |
| Population Total: | 14315 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 637 015 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-28 & TN-88 |
| Website: | http://www.townpanchayat.in/mohanur |
Mohanur is a taluk in the Namakkal district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Mohanur Panchayat Union includes Mohanur Town, Pettapalayam, Manappalli, Rasipalayam, Kumaripalayam, Sengappalli, Ediyar, Peramandampalayam, Ariyur, Aniyapuram, and Valayapatti. It is linked to Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Erode, and Karur districts by road.
Several reasons are offered for the origin of the name.[1]
Mohanur is a taluk situated at the southernmost part of Namakkal district, on the bank of river Cauvery. It is located at .[2] It has an average elevation (MSL) of 143 metres (469 feet). It is located 409 km southwest of Chennai and 273 km south of Bengaluru and 75 km south of Salem and it is near by Namakkal (18 km) and Karur (12 km), Paramathi Velur (16 km) the special feature of Mohanur is that it is the only place where the river Cauvery runs from north to south. After Kasi here the place The Lord shiva (Asaladeepeswarar in Mohanur) temple which located right side in banks of river that passing north to south. Another place is Kailasanathar Temple in Murappanadu, Thirunelveli where the temple is located on the banks of Thamaraparani flowing from North to South. It is also famous for historic temples which are visited by lakhs of Hindus from all over the state. Mohanur is a temple town in Namakkal district.The Famous Navaladiyan temple located in the border of Mohanur and Kumaripalayam.
India census,[3] Mohanur had a population of 14,315. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Mohanur has an average literacy rate of 80.67%,: male literacy is 87.65% and female literacy is 74.04%. In Mohanur, 8.91% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sex Ratio stands at 1046 and child sex ratio at 998.Mohanur is a town with many schools and a college. There is a police station for the nearby villages. It also has many hospitals.The broad gauge railway line from Salem to Karur passes through this place. Mohanur to Vangal Bus route Bridge opened for traffic. The State Highways-95 is originating at Mohanur. This road passes through Namakkal, Sendamangalam and end at rasipuram. Mohanur -Vangal (Karur) bridge opened for traffic now its connected Karur by road within 14 km. This is the shortest route for Salem to Karur.
There are many temples in the city, some of them are
Sri Navaladi Karuppuswami Temple,[4]
Sri Asala Deepeswarar temple,
Sri Baladhandayuthapani Temple,
Sri Kalyana prasanna venkateswarar temple,
Sri Valliamman temple, https://www.dailythanthi.com/News/State/temple-911167
Sri Mariamman Temple and
Sri Kaliamman Temple.[5]
Sri Droupathiamman Temple
Sri Bagavathiamman Temple
Sri Kamatchiamman Temple
Sri Kurikaraswamy Temple
Sri Rajanagalakshmi Temple
Further, there is a Mosque situated in Velur Road and a RC Church is situated in Kattuputhur Road also.
Mohanur is part of Namakkal (state assembly constituency) and Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency).
Mohanur has a police station for Mohanur town and 21 villages and their 93 Sub villages.
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See also: Mohanur railway station.
Mohanur is connected by road to Namakkal (North), Paramathi Velur (West), Valayapatti (East), Karur (South) and Kattuputhur (Southeast).SH 95 Connects Mohanur and Rasipuram (via) Namakkal, Senthamangalam. This road is established to two-way lane.The cauvery river bridge has opened Mohanur-Vangal bridge to connection of Salem - Karur (via) Mohanur.
Mohanur is connected to the major cities of Tamil Nadu like Namakkal, Karur, Salem, Trichy, Erode, Palani, Thiruvannamalai, Chennai. Frequent buses accessed to Namakkal, Salem, Karur, Paramathi Velur, Valayapatty, Trichy and Kattuputhur. Daily Govt buses available to Chennai at 8.30 am and 8.30pm.
Some of the arterial roads are: