Elumathur is a small town located 19 km south side of Erode, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the District Headquarters for Elumathur with PINCODE : 638104.
Elumathur comes under gram panchayat Tamil Nadu act.
The latitude 11.2007909 and longitude 77.749646 are the geocoordinates of Elumathur. Chennai is the state capital for Elumathur village. It is located around 347.4 kilometer away from Elumathur. The other nearest state capital from Elumathur is Bangalore and its distance is 198.6 km. The other surrounding state capitals are Bangalore 198.6 km, Pondicherry 241.1 km, Thiruvananthapuram 302.6 km.
The native language of Elumathur is Tamil and most of the village people speak Tamil.
Contents
- Map of Elumathur Tamil Nadu
- Politics
- Transport
- Mountain
- Workship
- Demographics
- Notability
- People and Culture
- Agriculture
- Education
- Hospitals
- Sub Villages in Elumathur
- References
Map of Elumathur, Tamil Nadu
Politics
Elumathur is a part of Modakkurichi constituency and elects its member of legislative assembly every five years, and a part of the Erode constituency that elects its member of parliament. Since its a part of gram panchayat, every complete five years there will be an election held to elect Village panchayat president.
முன்னாள் ஊராட்சி மன்ற தலைவர் M.N.பூபதி.
Transport
(To Reach Elumathur by BUS)
SH-84A connecting Erode – Modakurichi – Vellakoil – Mulanur.
You can find lot of government buses (like LSS, PP etc.) and private buses (like RK, Ponnar Shankar, SPS, Velavan, Pusphagiri etc.) that passes via Elumathur Bus Stop.
Nearest railway station in and around Elumathur
Mountain
Near Elumathur there is a mount called Kanaga Malai.
Elumathur Melmalai arulmigu Kanagasalakumaran Temple is very famous. People in and around this region often visit and workship lord muruga.
Workship
Bhagavathi Amman Kovil is located just 1.5 km from West direction of Selvanagar at Avvalur.
Pongaali Amman Kovil,annamar kovil, Eeswaran Kovil, and Perumaal Kovil are located very near to Elumathur bus stop.
Avalpoondurai temple and Sivagiri - Sri Velayudha Swami temple are also very close to Elumathur region.
Chennimalai and Sivanmalai are famous Hindu temple sites located near to Elumathur.
Demographics
According to villpanchayat site, Elumathur has a total population of 4,826 with a sex-ratio of 2448 males and 2378 females.
Notability
Panakaadan kootams is one of the well known Kuttam, or Kulam or Gottiram in கொங்கு மண்டலம்.
People and Culture
People below poverty line are around 3%, which is much lower than the national average of 29.8% and the state average of 17.1%. There has not been any major communal violence in the known past. The cultural practices largely resemble those seen in other parts of Tamil Nadu. Majority of the people are Hindus, while Christians and Muslims constitute minor proportions.
Agriculture
The primary occupation of the people is agriculture. For cultivation farmers depends on water resources from bhavani sagar and mettur dam.
The soil is predominantly black, but it also has some red loamy soil.
There are small villages located in Elumathur panchayat which includes Mosuvan Palli, Avvalur, Pudhupalayam, Kaarakaattu Valasu, Muthuiayan Valasu, Aathikaattu Valasu, and Mettupalayam which highly depends on agriculture.
You can see coconut trees very large in scale. Farmers most often produce rice, turmeric, sugarcane, cotton cultivation etc.
Bank
Indian Bank @ Elumathur Branch
Marriage Hall
In this village there is marriage hall named பனங்காடன் குலம் Kalyana Mandapam. It is the place where the marriages are held for locals and also many functions are held in this marriage hall due to its large space.
Education
Schools
Government Primary School, Elumathur.
Government Higher Secondary School, Selvanagar, Elumathur. G.V International school,Mankaradu, elumathur. Vedhathiri vidyalaya matriculation school.
Colleges near Elumathur
- Vellalar College for Women, Thindal, Erode
- Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai
- M. P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engineering college, Chennimalai
- Cherraans Arts and Science College, Thitupaarai, Kanagayam
- EBET Group of Institutions, Kangayam
- Al-Ammen College of Engineering, Nanjai-Utthukuli
- Karuppannan Mariappan College for Arts & Science, Muthur
TNEB Office
Name of the Region : Erode
Name of the Circle: Erode
Section Name : Elumathur
Phone: 0424-2333051, 0424-2333971.
For all TNEB related queries click me
Hospitals
General Government Hospital and Government Veterinary hospital are available at Elumathur.
Sub Villages in Elumathur
RTO Offices near Elumathur
Regional Transport Officer - Erode (TN33)
Regional Transport Officer - Gobi (TN36)
Regional Transport Officer - Perundurai (TN56)
Kindly refer Regional Transport Officer link under "ERODE ZONE" for more details.