Samipatti Explained

Samipatti
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:10.6331°N 79.1375°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thanjavur
Subdivision Type3:Taluk
Subdivision Name3:Orathanadu
Leader Title:Panchayat President
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:704
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Samipatti is a village in the Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

It was located at 20 km south of Thanjavur town.

As per the 2001 census, Samipatti had a total population of 704 with 365 males and 339 females. The sex ratio was 92.9 females to every 100 males. The literacy rate was 71.9%. Major occupation was Farming in this village.

Temple

This small village with three temples as follows:

Village Festivals

Tamil Puthandu

Tamil puthandu thiruvila (Tamil New year) was celebrated with the function of tow days. First day by worshiping the gods by taking paal Kudam(A pot filled with milk, water,..etc.) and kavadi. Second day is celebrated with Electric Kavadi.

Pongal

Pongal was celebrated with the ending of Manjuviratu.

Water source

Samipatti was surrounded by three water source a pond at its north region, a lake at its south and a river(Kattaru) a seasonal river to evacuate excess rain water at its south-west.

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