District Tirunelveli PIN 627809 Local time Monday 7:00 PM | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 04633 Area code 04633 | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA