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Country
  
India

District
  
Ramanathapuram

PIN
  
623502

Population
  
1,072 (2001)

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
+91 4564

Veeravanoor

Veeravanoor (Tamil: வீரவனூர்) is a village in Ramanathapuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Map of Veeravanoor, Tamil Nadu 623502

Geography

Veeravanoor is located at which is near Sathirakudi, 14 kilometres west of Ramanathapuram, and 27 kilometres southeast of Paramakudi on NH 49.

Veeravanoor covers 4 square miles (8.3 km2), and surrounded on the eastern side by forests, western side by Bogalur, southern side by Seyyalor village and on the northern side is Vairavanenthal village.

Climate

The climate of Veeravanoor is tropical in nature with little variation in summer and winter temperatures. While April to June is the hottest summer period with the temperature rising up to the 40 °C mark, November to February is the coolest winter period with temperature hovering around 20 °C, making the climate quite pleasant. Surprisingly, Veeravanoor gets all its rains from the north-east monsoons between October and December.

Rail

The nearest railway station is in Ramanathapuram (14 km) and Paramakudi (27 km) which has computerised reservation counters under Madurai division. Madurai division repeatedly has received the award for being the best-maintained station in the Southern Railway. The railway station code for Paramakudi is PMK and Ramamnathapuram is RMD. It is connected to Indian cities and towns including Chennai, Madurai, Rameshwaram, Trichy (by Sethu exp, Chennai exp and Passenger).

Road

The nearest major bus terminals are Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi and Sathirakudi. Apart from government and private buses, three-wheeled, black and yellow auto-rickshaws, referred to as autos or share autos are available for travel within and around the village. There are also van available where commuters can pay fixed fare depends on destination and hire. Nearest major National Highways: NH-49 : Madurai–Rameswaram At the moment, the bus terminal of Veeravanoor is full of standing water and the Panchayat plan to clean up the area.

Air

The nearby airport is Madurai Airport which is approximately 100 km (62 mi) from Veeravanoor, and it offers flights to major cities in southern and western India.

Education institutions in and around Veeravanoor

  • Arts and Science Govt. Arts College for Women, Ramanathapuram
  • Govt. Arts College, Paramakudi
  • Madurai Kamaraj University Evening College, Paramakudi
  • Madurai Kamaraj University Evening College, Ramanathapuram
  • Sethupathy Govt. Arts College, Ramanathapuram
  • Syed Hammeda Arts and Science College, Kilakarai
  • Thassim Beevi Abdul Kadar College for Women, Kilakarai

    • Engineering colleges

  • Syed Ammal Engineering College, Ramanathapuram
  • Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kelakarai

    • Physiotherapy

  • Pioneer College of Physiotherapy, Ramanathapuram

    • Polytechnic

  • Mohammed Sathak Polytechnic, Kilakarai
  • Sri Muthalamman Polytechnic College, Paramakudi

    • Teacher training institutes

  • Fatima Teacher Training Institute, Ramanathapuram
  • Ganapathi Teacher Training Institute, Paramakudi
  • Ganapathy College of Education, Paramakudi
  • Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. College of Education, Ramanathapuram
  • R.K. Samy College of Education, Ramanathapuram
  • Sri Ragavendra Institute of Teacher Training, Paramakudi

    • Festivals

    Lot of festivals are celebrated by the Veeravanoor people. Some of the important festival are Diwali, Pongal, Ramadan, Eid, Christmas, Molakkottu festival and Kuthirai Eduppu.

    References

    Veeravanoor Wikipedia
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