Thungapuram | |
Settlement Type: | Panchayat village |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 11.19°N 79.1°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Perambalur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 621 716.[1] |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04328 |
Registration Plate: | TN46, TN45 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thittakudi, Trichy. |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 72% |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | cool- hat-cool (Köppen) |
Thungapuram (Tunkapuram or Kulōttuŋkacōļapuram or Ciṛu Maturai) is a panchayat village of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It was formerly in Tiruchirappalli district
Before in 1995 Thungapuram have under Perambalur taluk and Tiruchirappalli district. After Composite Perambalur District came into existence after trifurcation of Tiruchirappalli district with effect from 30.09.1995 as per G.O MS.No 913 Revenue / Y3 dated 30.09.1995. Now its comes to under kunnam taluk in Perambalur district.
Thungapuram assembly constituency is part of Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Leading Tamil, English languages newspapers are available in Thungapuram. English dailies such as, The New Indian Express, The Hindu[3] are available.