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{{Infobox settlement 
| name = Puthupet
| other_name = Thorapadi (or Puthupettai or Pudupet)
| nickname = PPT
| settlement_type = [[Town Panchayat]]
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| image_skyline = SBI PPT SVG.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{Coord|11.79|N|79.52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Longitude and Latitude of Puthupet|url=http://www.distancesfrom.com/Pudupet-latitude-longitude-Pudupet-latitude-Pudupet-longitude/LatLongHistory/1530445.aspx |publisher=distancesfrom.com}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
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| government_type = [[Democracy]]
| governing_body = [[Town Panchayat]]
| unit_pref = [[Metric]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 607108
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04142
| registration_plate = '''TN31Z'''
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'''Puthupet''' (or '''Pudupet'''), sometimes called '''Thorapadi''', is a [[Town Panchayat|town panchayat]] situated in [[Panruti]] taluk, [[Cuddalore]] district in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.

==Demographics==
{{As of| 2001}}, according to the India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Puthupet had a population of 5557. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; the male literacy is 77%, and the female literacy rate is 62%. Ten percent of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Economy==
The major occupation is hand loom weaving of [[lungi]].

==Location==
[[Bandrakottai]] ({{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), Ammappettai ({{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), Kotalambakkam ({{convert|.5|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), Panapakkam ({{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), Anguchettipalayam ({{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), Thattanchavadi ({{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}), and Kanisapakkam ({{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=comma}}) are nearby localities to Puthupet. [[Panruti]], [[Nellikuppam]], [[Cuddalore]], and [[Viluppuram]] are nearby cities.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Cuddalore district]]

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