Aravakurichi

Aravakurichi
அரவக்குறிச்சி
Aravai
city
Aravakurichi

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 10°46′N 77°55′E / 10.77°N 77.92°E / 10.77; 77.92Coordinates: 10°46′N 77°55′E / 10.77°N 77.92°E / 10.77; 77.92
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Karur
Elevation 174 m (571 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 11,273
Languages
 • Official Tamil language
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 639201
Telephone code 04320
Vehicle registration TN-47
Website www.aravakurichi.com
Aravakurichi Jumma Masjid (Big Mosque)
Aravakurichi Jumma Masjid (Big Mosque)

Aravakurichi (Tamil - அரவக்குறிச்சி) is a panchayat town and a Taluk headquarters in Karur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aravakurichi is well known in Tamil Nadu as a major market for Moringa oleifera vegetable (commonly known as Drumstick).

Geography

Aravakurichi is located at 10°46′N 77°55′E / 10.77°N 77.92°E / 10.77; 77.92.[1] It has an average elevation of 174 m (571 ft).

Aravakurichi

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Aravakurichi had a population of 11,273. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Aravakurichi has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The [Taluk] town is situated just off the Varnasi - Kanyakumari National Highway 7 (India).

Economy

Aravakurichi is a Taluk headquarters and majorly an agricultural market place. Aravakurichi is India's major market for Moringa oleifera (a vegetable also known as "drumstick").[3] Aravakurichi is also a center for agricultural motor, pumps, equipment and spares. Also the place is a major truck stopover for the trucks that ply on the National Highway 7, which connects Hyderabad, Bangalore, Salem, Madurai and Kanniyakumari.

Aravakurichi was the confluence point for the three major undivided (till 80's) major districts Trichy, Coimbatore and Madurai districts while the town itself was part of old Trichy District, while the other two districts borders were within 7 km and 30 km respectively.

Bus Depot

The long-time dream of the Aravakurichi region to have a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus depot is becoming a reality. The depot under construction at Aravakurichi at a cost of Rs. 99.50 lakh is all set to be inaugurated in December.

Even from the days Aravakurichi and Karur were part of the Tiruchi district, people in the region have been demanding an STC bus depot at Aravakurichi since the town lay on the crucial link connecting Madurai and the Deep South with Erode and Salem regions extending to Bangalore and beyond.

Besides Aravakurichi region people, in particular the traders and businesspersons belonging to Pallappatti, have been carrying on trading activities throughout India for several decades now and so had been demanding proper road connectivity and support facilities in the region. One among them, good road connectivity, came about when the National Highways Authority of India built the four-lane roads connecting Kanyakumari/Tuticorin with Bangalore and Chennai a few years ago benefiting Aravakurichi-Pallappatti belt immensely.

Now, the other aspect of better road connectivity, establishment of a TNSTC bus depot, is all set to be achieved with the civil work on the depot progressing expeditiously at the site that was bought more than 30 years ago. During the late M.G. Ramachandran’s regime a 2.5-acre plot on the Aravakurichi-Pallappatti Road for establishing the depot was bought but nothing moved forward because of negligence of the demand by successive governments.

The issue was kept simmering by rival contestants in Assembly elections with all parties promising to pursue the matter but not all delivering on the issue. Only a barbed wire fence around the site reminded the commuters of the plan to construct a bus depot.

Only during the present regime, the demand was dusted, drawn from cold storage, revised and given proper shape before the nod was given by the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for building a depot at a cost of Rs. 99.5 lakh.

Street in Aravakurichi

Politics

Aravakurichi (State Assembly Constituency) is part of Karur (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Education

St.Xavier Church Aravakurichi
Aravakurichi Jumma Masjid (Big Mosque)
Aravakurichi Jumma Masjid (Big Mosque)

Hospitals

Church

St.Xavier church

Temples

Masjid (Pallivasal)

Darga

Rivers

Banks

ATM

How to reach

References

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  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Aravakurichi
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2101825.ece is drumsticks time in Aravakurichi area - The Hindu
  4. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
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