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{{About|the municipality in Tamil Nadu, India||Ariyalur (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ariyalur
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| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| government_type = Second Grade Municipality
| governing_body = Ariyalur Municipality
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| elevation_m = 76
| population_total = 28902
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 621704,621713
| area_code = 91-4329
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| registration_plate = TN 61
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'''Ariyalur''' ({{IPA-ta|aɾijaluːɾ|lang}}) is a [[town]] and district headquarters of [[Ariyalur district]] in the [[South India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and is rich in limestone ,surrounded with seven cement factories and two sugar factories. The town is located at a distance of {{convert|310|km|abbr=on}} from the state capital [[Chennai]].

Ariyalur was a part of the erstwhile [[Trichinopoly District]] until India's independence in 1947 and [[Tiruchirappalli district]] until 1995, Perambalur district until 2007 and subsequently a part of the newly formed Ariyalur district. The town is a part of the fertile [[Cauvery Delta]] and the major profession in the town is agriculture.

Ariyalur is administered by a municipality established in 1994. As of 2011, the municipality covered an area of {{convert|7.62|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 28,902. Ariyalur comes under the [[Ariyalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Ariyalur assembly]] constituency which elects a member to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] once every five years and it is a part of the [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram constituency]] which elects its [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) once in five years. Roadways are the major mode of transportation to the town and it also has rail connectivity which acts as a main station after Tiruchirappalli junction. The nearest seaport is [[Karaikal port]], located {{convert|95|km|mi|abbr=on}} away, while the nearest airport is the [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport]], located {{convert|76|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from the town.

==History==
[[File:Ariyalur kothandaramarkoil.jpg|thumb]]
After the Chozha dynasty, Vijayanagar Nayak kings ruled and built many temples in Ariyalur Kothandaramar temple.

In 1741 the Marathas invaded Tiruchirappalli and took Chanda Saheb as captive. Chanda Saheb succeeded in securing freedom in 1748 and soon got involved in a famous war for the Nawabs place in the Carnatic against Anwardeen, the Nawab of Arcot and his son Mohammed Ali.

Mohammed Ali annexed the two palayams of Ariyalur and Udayarpalayam located with troops were in the Ariyalur district on the grounds of default in the payment of Tributes and failure to assist him in quelling the rebellion of Yusuf Khan. In November 1764, Mohammed Ali represented the issue to Madras Council and obtained military assistance on 3 January 1765. The forces led by Umdat-Ul-Umara and Donald Campbell entered Ariyalur and captured it. The young Poligar together with his followers thereupon fled to Udayarpalayam. On 19 January the army marched upon Udayarpalayam. The Poligar's troops were defeated and the playams were occupied. The two poligars fled their town and took refuge in Tharangampadi, then a Danish Settlement. The annexation of the palayam gave the Navab uninterrupted possession of all his territories extending Arcot to Tiruchirapalli.

The history followed was a power struggle between Hyder Ali and later [[Tipu Sultan]] with the British. After the death of Tipu Sultan the English took the civil and military Administration of the Carnatic in 1801. Thus Tiruchirappalli came into the hands of the English and the District was formed in 1801.

In 1995, Tiruchirappalli was trifurcated and the Perambalur and Karur districts were formed. Perambalur district was divided into Perambalur and Ariyalur districts in the year 2001 and merged with Perambalur in the year 2002. Then now the district is bifurcated from Perambalur and now functioning from 23.11.2007.

==Geography==
Ariyalur is a municipality and headquarters of Ariyalur District in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is rich in limestone resources.

===Climate===
Ariyalur has a [[semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|hot semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSh''). Temperatures are hot to sweltering throughout the year, and especially unpleasant during the wet season under the [[northeast monsoon]] from October to December. The [[rain shadow]] of the [[Western Ghats]] means that Ariyalur receives very limited rainfall during the southwest monsoon, but the city is likewise too far inland to receive sufficient northeast monsoon rainfall to be a [[tropical wet and dry climate]].
{{Weather box
|location = Ariyalur (1981–2001)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| width = auto
| temperature colour = pastel
| Jan record high C = 42.0
| Feb record high C = 42.4
| Mar record high C = 42.4
| Apr record high C = 45.4
| May record high C = 48.4
| Jun record high C = 42.0
| Jul record high C = 41.5
| Aug record high C = 49.6
| Sep record high C = 44.4
| Oct record high C = 42.2
| Nov record high C = 42.2
| Dec record high C = 42.4
| year record high C = 49.6
| Jan high C = 31.2
| Feb high C = 33.2
| Mar high C = 36.2
| Apr high C = 38.2
| May high C = 39.1
| Jun high C = 37.5
| Jul high C = 36.6
| Aug high C = 36.2
| Sep high C = 35.6
| Oct high C = 34.5
| Nov high C = 32.4
| Dec high C = 31.3
| year high C = 35.2
| Jan low C = 21.1
| Feb low C = 21.7
| Mar low C = 23.8
| Apr low C = 26.5
| May low C = 26.9
| Jun low C = 26.6
| Jul low C = 26.2
| Aug low C = 25.9
| Sep low C = 24.9
| Oct low C = 24.0
| Nov low C = 22.7
| Dec low C = 21.6
| year low C = 24.3
| Jan record low C = 15.2
| Feb record low C = 13.0
| Mar record low C = 15.2
| Apr record low C = 20.0
| May record low C = 15.6
| Jun record low C = 21.9
| Jul record low C = 19.4
| Aug record low C = 20.6
| Sep record low C = 19.8
| Oct record low C = 18.2
| Nov record low C = 13.0
| Dec record low C = 15.2
| year record low C = 13.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 15.4
| Feb rain mm = 8.0
| Mar rain mm = 7.1
| Apr rain mm = 35.1
| May rain mm = 35.9
| Jun rain mm = 18.1
| Jul rain mm = 41.0
| Aug rain mm = 69.2
| Sep rain mm = 97.6
| Oct rain mm = 99.6
| Nov rain mm = 100.4
| Dec rain mm = 91.2
| Jan rain days = 1.0
| Feb rain days = 0.5
| Mar rain days = 0.5
| Apr rain days = 0.8
| May rain days = 1.8
| Jun rain days = 1.0
| Jul rain days = 2.7
| Aug rain days = 3.5
| Sep rain days = 5.3
| Oct rain days = 5.9
| Nov rain days = 5.4
| Dec rain days = 4.4
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 69
| Feb humidity = 60
| Mar humidity = 52
| Apr humidity = 50
| May humidity = 52
| Jun humidity = 52
| Jul humidity = 53
| Aug humidity = 57
| Sep humidity = 63
| Oct humidity = 72
| Nov humidity = 77
| Dec humidity = 75
|year humidity = 61
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Ariyalur Climatological Table 1981-2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981-2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 51-52
| access-date = 7 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Economy==
Big industrial houses like Birlas ([[UltraTech Cement]]), India Cements, Dalmia Cement, Madras Cement have their cement units here. Tamil Nadu government's TANCEM factory is in Ariyalur and is the first factory to establish the cement production in ariyalur.

Sugar cane is grown as a major commercial crop. One private sugar factory near Keelapalur is functioning in the district with a capacity of crushing 3,000 Tonnes per day.
One of the main crops in Ariyalur district is cashew. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered Packers of black soil.
This town consists mainly of glade soil. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Rice also grown in some places.

==Administration and politics==
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! style="background:#a8bdec; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|'''Municipality Officials'''
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| style="text-align:center;"|Chairman|| <ref name="chair">{{cite web|title=Chairman of Ariyalur|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/chairman.html|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2011|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112002737/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/chairman.html|archive-date=12 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|Commissioner||K. Sudha<ref>{{cite web|title=Commissioner of Ariyalur|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/who_executive.html|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2012|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528045526/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/who_executive.html|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|Vice Chairman||M. Malarkodi<ref name="vicechair">{{cite web|title=Vice Chairman of Ariyalur|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/vice%20chairman.html|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2011|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112002742/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/vice%20chairman.html|archive-date=12 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|'''Elected Members'''
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| style="text-align:center;"|Member of Legislative Assembly||[[K.Chinnappa]]<ref name="MLA of Ariyalur">{{cite web|title=MLA of Ariyalur |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/constnamewise.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |year=2021 |access-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006234417/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/constnamewise.htm |archive-date=4 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Member of Parliament||[[Thol. Thirumavalavan]]<ref name="Rit">{{cite web|title=Members of Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/government/loksaba|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2019|access-date =4 May 2021}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2021}}
|}
The municipality of Ariyalur was established as a second grade town panchayat from 1943 during [[British Raj|British rule]]. It was promoted to a first grade town panchyat in 1995, to a second grade in 1966 and a special grade in October 2004. Jayankondam is the first Municipality in Ariyalur district. During December 2004, it was promoted to a third grade municipality.<ref name="Ariyalur_municipality">{{cite web|title=About Ariyalur Municipality|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/about_municipality.html|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190550/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/about_municipality.html|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2008, the municipality covered an area of {{convert|7.62|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and had a total of 18 members. The functions of the municipality is devolved into six departments: General, Engineering, Revenue, Public Health, Town planning and the Computer Wing. All these departments are under the control of a Municipal Commissioner who is the supreme executive head.<ref name="organizationalchart">{{cite web|title=Commissionerate of Municipal Administration |url=http://www.tn.gov.in/cma/chart5.htm |publisher=Commissionerate of Municipal Administration |access-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106103849/http://www.tn.gov.in/cma/chart5.htm |archive-date=6 November 2012 }}</ref> The legislative powers are vested in a body of 18 members, one each from the 18 wards. The legislative body is headed by an elected Chairperson assisted by a Deputy Chairperson.<ref name="economicweeklyp2396">[[#Economic|Economic and political weekly 1995]], p. 2396</ref> The municipality had an estimated income of {{INR}}75,917,000 and an estimated expenditure of {{INR}}63,703,000 for the year 2012–13.<ref name="Ariyalur_budget">{{cite web|title=Budget 2010–11|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/about_municipality.html|page=1|format=PDF|language=ta|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190550/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/about_municipality.html|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ariyalur comes under the [[Ariyalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Ariyalur State Assembly Constituency]] and it elects a member to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] once every five years.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm
|title=List of Assembly Constituencies
|year=2010
|access-date=1 January 2014
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Tamil Nadu state government
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614070155/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/const_map/map.htm
|archive-date=14 June 2012
}}</ref><ref name="const_map">{{cite web|title=Map showing the new assembly constituencies|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/maps/tamil_map.pdf|format=PDF|page=1|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> From the 1977 elections, the assembly seat was won by [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) three times during the 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections, the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) two times during the 2001 and 2011 elections, [[Indian National Congress]] once during 2006 and [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] once during the 1996 elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S22/partycomp162.htm|title=Partywise Comparison Since 1977|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 January 2014|year=2011}}</ref> The current [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of the constituency is [[Thamarai S.Rajendran]] from the AIADMK Party.<ref name="MLA of Ariyalur"/> Ariyalur is a part of the [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency]] and elects a member to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]], once every five years.<ref name="Rit"/><ref name="const_map"/> The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is [[M. Chandrakasi]] from the [[ADMK]] party.<ref name="Rit"/>

[[File:Ariyalur nutrukkalmandapam.jpg|thumb]]

==Demographics==
{{bar box|title=Religious census|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Religion|right1=Percent(%)|float=left|bars={{bar percent|[[Hinduism|Hindu]]|Orange|90.55}}{{bar percent|[[Islam|Muslim]]|Green|4.61}}{{bar percent|[[Christianity|Christian]]|purple|3.81}}{{bar percent|[[Sikhism|Sikh]]|yellow|0.02}}{{bar percent|[[Buddhism|Buddhist]]|Gold|0.01}}{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jain]]|Blue|0.01}}{{bar percent|Other|grey|0.97}}{{bar percent|[[Irreligion|No religion]]|violet|0.01}}}}

{{Historical populations|type=
|state=collapsed
|1971| 17305
|1981| 20635
|1991| 24141
|2001| 27822
|2011| 28902
|footnote=<br />
* 1971–2001:<ref name=urban45>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2009]], pp. 4-5</ref>
* 2011:<ref name=2011census/>
}}
According to [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Ariyalur had a population of 28,902 with a sex-ratio of 1,014 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.<ref name="dashboard">{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> A total of 2,977 were under the age of six years, constituting 1,538 males and 1,439 females. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] accounted for 11.26% and 0.03% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 76.04%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<ref name="dashboard"/> The town had a total of 7,319 households. There were a total of 10,283 workers, comprising 315 cultivators, 670 main agricultural labourers, 298 in house hold industries, 7,165 other workers, 1,835 marginal workers, 159 marginal cultivators, 175 marginal agricultural labourers, 150 marginal workers in household industries and 1,351 other marginal workers.<ref name=2011census>{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Ariyalur|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=693216|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> As of 2008, there were a total of eight notified slums, with 5,907 comprising 21% of the total population residing in those.<ref>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2009]], p. 34</ref> As per the religious census of 2011, Ariyalur had 80.55% [[Hindus]], 4.61% [[Muslims]], 3.81% [[Christians]], 10.02% [[Sikhs]], 0.01% [[Buddhists]], 0.01% [[Jainism|Jains]], 0.97% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.<ref name=religion2011>{{cite web|title=Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu|year=2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|format=XLS|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>

==Utility services==
Electricity supply to Ariyalur is regulated and distributed by the [[Tamil Nadu Electricity Board]] (TNEB). The town along with its suburbs forms the Trichy Electricity Distribution Circle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Important Address |url=http://www.windpro.org/pdf/MISC/TNEB%20Address.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Indian Wind Power Association |access-date=1 January 2014 |year=2011 |page=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016045943/http://www.windpro.org/pdf/MISC/TNEB%20Address.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref> Water supply is provided by the municipality of Ariyalur from [[Kollidam]] river through three schemes with head works of two of them located at [[Thirumanur]]. In the period 2010–2011, a total of 2.3 million litres of water was supplied everyday for households in the town. There are three bore wells and 356 water fountains in the town that serves as the source of groundwater.<ref name="urbaninfra22">[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 22</ref> About 11 metric tonnes of solid waste are collected from Ariyalur every day by door-to-door collection out of the 15 metric tonnes generated and subsequently the source segregation and dumping is carried out by the sanitary department of the municipality. The coverage of solid waste management had an efficiency of 73% as of 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Waste management programme|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/salient_solidwaste.html|publisher=Ariyalur Municipality|access-date=1 January 2014|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528084839/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/salient_solidwaste.html|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is limited underground drainage system in the town and the major sewerage system for disposal of sullage is through septic tanks, open drains and public conveniences.<ref>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 24</ref> The municipality maintains a total of {{convert|25.16|km|mi|abbr=on}} of storm water drains in Ariyalur, out of which {{convert|7.93|km|mi|abbr=on}} are open drains and {{convert|17.23|km|mi|abbr=on}} are unpaved drains.<ref>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 25</ref> There is a government hospital and twelve private hospitals and clinics that take care of the healthcare needs of the citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ariyalur hospitals|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/city_hospitals.html|publisher=Ariyalur municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2011|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801075013/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/Ariyalur/city_hospitals.html|archive-date=1 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are a total of 1,501 street lamps in Ariyalur: 361 sodium lamps, 1,139 tube lights and one high mast beam lamp.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ariyalur street lighting|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/salient_street_lights.html|publisher=Ariyalur municipality, Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2011|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528051337/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/salient_street_lights.html|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The municipality operates one fish and meat market that has 46 shops and a weekly market that cater to the needs of the town and the rural areas around it.<ref>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 35</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Ariyalur Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Ariyalur Railway Station]]
The National Highway NH136 connects [[Perambalur]] and [[Thanjavur]], passes through Ariyalur, State Highways SH143 - Ariyalur- [[Thungapuram]] - [[Thittakudi]] and SH139 Ariyalur - Rettipalayan are the major roads via Ariyalur. The Ariyalur municipality maintains a total length of {{convert|29.17|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The town has {{convert|3.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} concrete roads, {{convert|16.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} BT roads, {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} of WBM roads and {{convert|5.77|km|mi|abbr=on}} earthen roads. A total of 452 roads is maintained by the State Highways Department.<ref name=urban31>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 31</ref> Ariyalur is served by town bus service, which provides connectivity within the town and the suburbs. There are private operated mini-bus services that cater to the local transport needs of the town. The town has a B-class bus stand located in the heart of the town.<ref name=urban31/> There are regular inter-city bus services to Ariyalur. The [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] operates daily services connecting various cities to Ariyalur. The major inter city bus routes from the town are to cities and towns like [[Trichy]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Jayankondam]], [[Perambalur]] and [[Thanjavur]].<ref name="transport">{{cite web|title=Ariyalur bus routes|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/how_to_reach.html|publisher=Ariyalur municipality|year=2011|access-date=2012-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528100438/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/how_to_reach.html|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ariyalur railway station is located on the line between the state capital [[Chennai]] and [[Trichy]] and is well connected by rail to major towns like [[Madurai]] and Tirunelveli. The nearest seaport is [[Karaikal port]], located {{convert|95|km|mi|abbr=on}} away, while the nearest airport is the [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport]], located {{convert|76|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from the town.<ref name="transport"/>

[[Ariyalur railway station]] is a major railway station on [[Chord Line, Tamil Nadu|chord line]] connecting [[Chennai]] and [[Tiruchirappalli]]. Several daily trains such as [[Pallavan Express]], [[Rockfort Express]], [[Pearl City Express]], [[Vaigai Express]] etc. connect Ariyalur with [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]] and [[Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station|Tiruchirappalli Junction]].

==See also==
*[[Vadaveekam]]
*[[Kallathur]]

== NOTES ==
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==References==
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* {{cite report|title=Conversion of City Corporate Plan into Business Plan|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/ariyalur.pdf|format=PDF|last=Urban Infrastructure report|publisher=Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited|year=2008|ref=urban|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916181432/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ariyalur/ariyalur.pdf|archive-date=16 September 2012|url-status=dead}}
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091102195707/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/Ariyalur/]

{{Ariyalur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ariyalur district]]
[[Category:Palayam]]

Ariyalur - Revision history

Kjitcollege: typo fix

imported>PrasannaJNPS at 13:13, 26 June 2021