Country India District Tirunelveli Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 5,067 (2001) | State Tamil Nadu Named for Sankar Cements Vehicle registration TN-72 Local time Tuesday 11:13 PM | |
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Weather 30°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Sankar Nagar is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Map of Sankarnagar, Tamil Nadu
Thalaiyuthu, also known as Sankar Nagar, is a small suburb of Tirunelveli about 8 km north of the city on the Tirunelveli-Madurai National Highway. It is popularly called as Sankar Nagar because of the Sankar Cement factory which initiated settlement in the area.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Sankarnagar had a population of 5,067. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sankarnagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Sankarnagar, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Sankarnagar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA