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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bethaniapuram
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|pushpin_map_caption = Bethaniapuram, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
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|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], [[Arasaradi, Madurai|Arasaradi]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]], [[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]], [[Thathaneri]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]] and [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]]
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|blank3_name_sec1 = [[District Magistrate|District Collector]]
|blank3_info_sec1 = Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
|blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]]
|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]
|blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]]
|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Madurai West Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = [[S. Venkatesan]]
|blank7_name_sec1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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'''Bethaniapuram''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_4pAAAAYAAJ&q=Bethaniapuram |title=Directory of Information: Madurai District |date=1987 |publisher=Mother Teresa Women's University, Faculty of Education |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K72KAAAAMAAJ&q=Bethaniapuram |title=Directory of 13th Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members: Union Council of Ministers, 1999-2000 |date=2000 |publisher=Delhi Information Bureau |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=India Department of Women and Child Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHnaAAAAMAAJ&q=Bethaniapuram |title=Annual Report |date=2002 |publisher=Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lalitha |first=N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cuZAAAAIAAJ&q=Bethaniapuram |title=Self Help Groups in Rural Development |date=2002 |publisher=Dominant Publishers and Distributors |isbn=978-81-7888-008-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Arulraja |first=M. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=teXZAAAAMAAJ&q=Bethaniapuram |title=Achieving Rural Development Using Neuro Linguistic Programming: NLP Guide for Planners and People-helpers |date=2005 |publisher=M.R. Arulraja |isbn=978-81-902583-0-2 |language=en}}</ref> Bethaniapuram people celebrated Pongal celebrations of the year 2023 as 'Mamadurai People Unity Pongal Festival 2023'.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://tamil.news18.com/madurai/samatthu-pongal-celebration-in-bethaniapuram-madurai-877223.html |title=மதுரை பொத்தானியபுரம் திடலில் சமத்துவ பொங்கல் கொண்டாட்டம்.. திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தி ஆச்சரியப்படுத்திய சிறுவர்கள்! |date=2023-01-23 |language=ta}}</ref>

Bethaniapuram is located at an altitude of about 164 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.936100|N|78.094300|E}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack - Bethaniapuram |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bethaniapuram&params=9.936100_N_78.094300_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

Bethaniapuram area is polluted by the health hazardous residues from Aluminium vessel manufacturing units that are run in surrounding areas. The residues are mound along the banks of river Vaigai off Bethaniapuram.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2020-03-17 |title=Aluminium ash mound along the Vaigai causing pollution |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/aluminium-ash-mound-along-the-vaigai-causing-pollution/article31088078.ece |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Bethaniapuram is one of the areas of Madurai Corporation that received battery operated vehicles for the purpose of solid waste management, an initiative of the State Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Elets News Network |date=2019-06-18 |title=Madurai Corporation deploys 509 battery-operated vehicles for solid waste management |url=https://smartcity.eletsonline.com/madurai-corporation-deploys-509-battery-operated-vehicles-for-solid-waste-management/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Bethaniapuram is served by a Corporation park viz., Amma Children's park that is built with play equipments such as swings, slides, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madurai mayor inspects Amma children's park |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141108/nation-current-affairs/article/madurai-mayor-inspects-amma-children%E2%80%99s-park |access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref>

A private liquor bar in Bethaniapuram was protested against by the ruling party and its allies to remove it from its place.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Special Correspondent |date=2021-11-08 |title=A private bar at Bethaniyapuram raises the hackles of DMK and its allies |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/a-private-bar-at-bethaniyapuram-raises-the-hackles-of-dmk-and-its-allies/article37385814.ece |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Bethaniapuram area falls under the [[Madurai West Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் - வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional01/647019-.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is [[Sellur K. Raju]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Madurai West Assembly constituency |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madurai_West_Assembly_constituency&oldid=1104560657 |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=en}}</ref> Also, this area belongs to [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is [[S. Venkatesan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Madurai Lok Sabha constituency |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madurai_Lok_Sabha_constituency&oldid=1126209653 |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai]]

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