Sankaralingapuram Explained

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.

Overview

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

Geography

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.

Demographics

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.

Transportation

The Village is well connected by bus from Virudhunagar and Sivakasi. The private transport "TAMT" also serves between Virudhunagar and Rajapalayam through this village.

Railways

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

Educational institutions

The following are the educational institutions in Sankaralingapuram

  1. Government Higher Secondaray School
  2. Panchayat Union Elementary School

Festivals

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Sankaralingapuram.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sankaralingapuram
  2. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.