Sankaralingapuran | |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 9.37°N 77.93°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Virudhunagar |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Menakshi Sundaram B |
Leader Title1: | Counselor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3 |
Elevation M: | 56 |
Population Total: | 2274 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | 413 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 626 119 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 91-4562 |
Registration Plate: | TN 67 |
Sanakarlingapuram is an industrial panchayat village in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The village is located in the back of Arjuna river, a dry river. The village has contents of black soil around it, suitable for cotton cultivation. It lies in between National Highway 7 and the state highway connecting Virudhunagar and Sivakasi. The village has a proud history for its handloom weaving industry. Nowadays, there are not many in-house handloom industries as in the past. The village also has many other small scale cottage industries like matches and fireworks.there are many fireworks owned sankaralingapuram people like SankarGanesh fireworks, pappa fire fireworks, Rathinam fireworks, balaiya chettiar fuse factory, Naahaa fire works..etcc
Sankaralingapuram is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 56 metres (183 feet). The god Kali Amman, Petchi Amman, sivan kovil, Sowdambiga Amman and mantha kambuthumaram are very powerful gods in this village and every year they worship the god in Panguni and Chitirai as a festival for five days with cultural and Gramiya functions.
India census,[2] Sankaralingapuram had a population of 2,274. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Sankaralingapuram has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 69%. In Sankaralingapuram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Village is well connected by bus from Virudhunagar and Sivakasi. The private transport "TAMT" also serves between Virudhunagar and Rajapalayam through this village.
The railway station which was built during the British rule is now demolished during the gauge conversion work. Only some stones are remaining from the old establishment
The following are the educational institutions in Sankaralingapuram