Singampunari

Town Panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India

Singampunari Singampidaari
Town Panchayat
10°11′02″N 78°25′35″E / 10.184000°N 78.426500°E / 10.184000; 78.426500
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivagangai
Elevation	177 m (581 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	630502
Telephone code	04577
Vehicle registration	TN 63
Nearest city	Karaikudi
Literacy	66.79% male and 44.36% female%
Lok Sabha constituency	Sivaganga
Climate	Mostly Dry (Köppen)

Singampunari is a Taluk in Sivagangai district, in Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located at a distance of 44 km (27 mi) from Karaikudi. The town comes under Singampunari taluk.

History

It was made up of military cantonments.

Geography

Climate

Singampunari experiences dry weather for most of the year. In the past, a very dense jungle surrounded the place. It was watered by a river which was known in inscriptions as 'Vilisilai Aaru'.

Demographics

Population

As of 2011 India census, Singampunari had a population of 18,143; males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Singampunari has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 52%, and female literacy is 48%. In Singampuneri, 10.46% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[1]

Notable Personalities

The notable Tamil actor Sivakarthikeyan, was born in Singampunari.

Government and politics

Economy

Singampunari is an industrial and temple town. It is the home for many groundnut oil mills and many more small scale industries. In Singampunari, the main industry is production of coconut rope. The sub regional office of Coir board is located in Singampunari which covers more than 10 districts. Tamil Nadu's first Coir Mega Cluster Programme is sanctioned for Singampunari. Singai Coirs Cluster is established in Manavottan village, A. Kalapur, Singampunari. Singampunari also constitutes an industrial estate in which South India's second largest forging plant MM forgings, LJ textiles, TeeLabs T-shirts, Tamil Nadu Gears and many auxiliary units are running successfully.

Culture/Cityscape

Landmarks

Sevuga Perumal Ayyanar Temple^[2]

Transport

By Road

Singampunari is about 47 km from Madurai, 58 km from Dindigul, 216 km from Coimbatore, 65 km from Tiruchi, 50 km from Karaikudi, 8 km from Nellukundupatti and 7 km from Kottampatti, which lies along the Madurai-Chennai highways. It also lies on the Coimbatore-Palani - Karaikudi - Devakottai route. So, all the buses from Coimbatore to Chettinad region via Palani stop in Singampunari.

Education

There are Government elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and one boys higher secondary school and a girls higher secondary school (Rani Mathurambal Rajayee Memorial govt. girls higher secondary school) with the strength of nearly 1500 pupils each. There are also five private English medium schools (Annai Velankanni Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Parivallal Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Venkateshwara Matric. Hr. Sec. School, S.S. Matriculation School and Karyonz School). One Teachers Training Institute (Madhavan Teacher Training Institute) is also available.