Sundampatti | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Name2: | Pudukkottai |
Subdivision Name3: | Gandarvakottai |
Governing Body: | Gandarvakkottai Union |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 613301 |
Area Code: | 04322 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | TN55 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Gandharvakottai |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Trichy |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | hot and sunny (rarely cloudy) (Köppen) |
Coordinates: | 12.5906°N 78.4524°W |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil, English |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha Constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Trichy |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | MLA Constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Gandarvakkottai |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Gandarvakkottai Union |
Sundampatti is a village in the Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located about 5 kilometers from Gandarvakottai.
The primary occupation is agriculture. Once situated on fertile and arable land, regular precipitation has recently become rarer in the village and the surrounding area. Hence, local farmers have struggled to maintain agricultural productivity levels.[1]
Sundampatti has a low literacy rate of 67.04%, below Tamil Nadu's average of 80.09%.
According to the 2011 India Census, Sundampatti's male literacy stands at 78.75%, while the female literacy rate is 56.05%, marking a significant gender divide. The sex ratio of Sundampatti Village is 1077 which is higher than Tamil Nadu's state average of 999.
Children between the ages of 0 and 6 number 373, making up 10.82% of the total. The child sex ratio for the Sundampatti is 1169, higher than Tamil Nadu's average of 943.78.
The [panchayat consists of Sundampatti, Maruneengi Oorani (Marungoorani), Kollampatti, Rasapatti, Melapatti, Pudupatti, and Peruchu Vanniyampatti. It is one of the villages of Musiri among 32 Vellalar villages [Musugunda Vellala). The voter roll is greater than 2,500. While most of the villages are based around Pattukkottai taluk, Sundampatti, Mattangal, Sivanthanpatti, and Keerathoor are in the Gandarvakkottai Taluk. Until 2011, only residents of Sundampatti could be elected as panchayat president. In the local election in 2011, a person from Kollampatti became the first president of the Sundampatti Panchayat. ==Infrastructure== The village first received electricity in the early 1970s. It has a mobile phone tower, which connects to a landline network. The village is connected to neighboring towns with paved roads. ==References== <references /> {{coord|12|35|N|78|27|E|display=title|region:IN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:Villages in Pudukkottai district]]