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{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
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|blank6_info_sec1 = [[S. Venkatesan]]
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'''Koodal Nagar''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koodal Nagar - Find link |url=https://edwardbetts.com/find_link/Koodal_Nagar |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=edwardbetts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_jUQSPxM7cC&q=Koodal+Nagar |title=Indian Trade Journal |date=2010 |publisher=Department of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ&q=Koodal+Nagar |title=The Catholic Directory of India |date=2005 |publisher=C.B.C.I. Centre |language=en}}</ref> Koodal Nagar is well connected by roads that lead to Alanganallur area where Bull fight play is famous.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-26 |title=இது சாலையா? மணல் மேடா? மதுரை கூடல் நகர் - ஆணையூர் சாலையின் அவலம்.. |language=ta |url=https://tamil.news18.com/photogallery/madurai/koodal-nagar-anaiyur-road-covered-with-sand-completely-824903.html |access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref> Koodal Nagar area is one of the 28 wards that were included after the year 2011, to [[Madurai Municipal Corporation]] which has 100 wards now that had 72 wards before the year 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |author=மாலை மலர் |date=2022-12-06 |title=ஆமை வேகத்தில் நடக்கும் சாக்கடை-குடிநீர் திட்டப்பணிகள் |language=ta |url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/news/district/madurai-news-sewerage-drinking-water-projects-are-proceeding-at-a-snails-pace-545470 |access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref>
== Location ==
Located at an altitude of about 166 m above the mean sea level, the geographical coordinates of Koodal Nagar are 9°57'51.5"N, 78°05'47.8"E (i.e., 9.964300°N, 78.096600°E).
== Neighbourhoods ==
[[Madurai]], Goripalayam, [[Sellur (Madurai)|Sellur]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Vasantha Nagar, Madurai|Vasantha Nagar]], [[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]] and [[Thathaneri]] are some of the important neighbourhoods of Koodal Nagar.

== Transport ==
=== Road transport ===
So many Madurai City Corporation buses ply via. Koodal Nagar. [[Periyar Bus Terminus]] which is one of the key bus terminuses in Madurai is located at about 7 km from Koodal Nagar. Koodal Nagar is also served by another bus stand viz., [[Arappalayam Bus Terminus]] which is just 4 km from it. One more Bus stand namely Anna Bus Terminus is situated at about 8 km from Koodal Nagar.
=== Rail transport ===
Koodal Nagar has a railway station in which some of the trains entering Madurai city stop for a while for the passengers to detrain.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Parliament House of the People, India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDVVAAAAYAAJ&q=Koodal+Nagar |title=Lok Sabha Debates |last2=Sabha |first2=India Parliament Lok |date=2007 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref> Bharat Gaurav train bound for Amritsar and back departs and arrives from Koodal Nagar.<ref>{{Cite news |author=The Hindu Bureau |date=2022-11-01 |title=Bharat Gaurav train service from Koodal Nagar on Nov. 3 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/bharat-gaurav-train-service-from-koodal-nagar-on-nov-3/article66082043.ece |access-date=2022-12-10 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Madurai Junction railway station]] which is busy round the clock is situated at about 6.5 km from Koodal Nagar.
=== Air transport ===
From Koodal Nagar, Madurai Airport at [[Avaniapuram]] is located at about 19 km.
== Education ==
=== Schools ===
Keswick Public School and St. Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School are some of the important schools in Koodal Nagar.
== Politics ==
Koodal Nagar comes under [[Madurai Central Assembly constituency]], with the winner of its legislative assembly elections held in the year 2021, as [[Palanivel Thiagarajan]]. It also comes under [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]] for which the parliamentary elections were held in the year 2019 with the winner as [[S. Venkatesan]].
== References ==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai]]

Koodal Nagar, Madurai - Revision history

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