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Piranoor

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Country
  
India

District
  
Tirunelveli

PIN
  
627809

Local time
  
Monday 7:00 PM

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
04633

Area code
  
04633

Piranoor

Weather
  
31°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 67% Humidity

Piranoor (Tamil:பிரானூர்) is a Panchayat Village of Tenkasi Block and Shenkottai Taluk. in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India, in the foothills of the Western Ghats. Up to 1956, this area was a toll gate between the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, so this area is known as Border (பார்டர்).

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Map of Piranoor, Tamil Nadu 627809

It is located roughly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the Courtallam Waterfall, near the border with Kerala. The Harihara and Kuntaaru rivers flow between Shenkottai and this village.

Economy

The major industry in this village is by log bucking at sawmills. This area is also famous for evening parotta stalls.

References

Piranoor Wikipedia