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{{For|the taluk and revenue block|Ulundurpet taluka}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ulundurpettai
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| other_name = Ulundurpet
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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| 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 = [[Kallakurichi district|Kallakurichi]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Ulundurpet taluka]]
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| leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name = [[A. J. Manikannan|A J Manikannan]], [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 23,734
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 606107
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| area_code = 04149
| registration_plate = '''TN-15''',TN-32 (until June 2013)
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'''Ulundurpettai''' or '''Ulundurpet''' (உளுந்தூர்பேட் / உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை) is a [[Municipality]] in [[Ulundurpet taluk]] of [[kallakurichi district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name="NPR-Ulundurpet">{{Cite web|title=NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: kallakurichi: Ulundurpettai|publisher=National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=33&distcd=06&tslcode=008}}</ref> It is at the intersection of [[National Highway 68 (India)|NH 68]] and [[National Highway 45 (India)|NH 45]] located 205 km from [[Chennai]] and 129 km from [[Tiruchirappalli]]. Ulundurpettai itself is a Constituency for Tamil Nadu State Assembly, and is the Taluk headquarters for [[Ulundurpet taluka]] in the eastern region of [[Kallakurichi district]], and is in Ulundurpet [[revenue block]].

The Panchayat Town also has a railway station connecting [[Viluppuram Junction railway station|Villupuram Junction]], [[Viluppuram|Villupuram]] and [[Vriddhachalam Junction railway station|Virudhachalam Junction]], [[Virudhachalam]].- [[Ulundurpet railway station]].

== Etymology ==
Ulundurpet was once the home for Palyagar. The remains of the mud fort are still to be seen. The name Ulundurpettai is derived from the [[Saivaite]] temple currently called as Mashapureeswarar (மாஷபுரீஸ்வரர்) temple, located in the area Ulundandar Kovil (உளுந்தண்டார் கோவில்), dedicated to Ulundandar or the Lord of the [[Black gram|black-gram]].

The story<ref>{{Cite book|last=B S|first=Baliga|title=Madras District Gazetteers: South Arcot|publisher=Superintendent, Government Press|year=1962|location=Tamilnadu, India}}</ref> goes that a merchant was once halting there with a consignment of [[Black pepper|pepper]] (மிளகு). When a man came up and asked what was in the bags. The merchant lied and said it was black-gram (உளுந்து) to which the stranger replied 'Let it be so'. At the next stage the man found that his goods had actually been changed into black-gram and returning to the spot where he had told the lie he found the stranger still there and realized that he was [[Lord Siva]]. The merchant then built a temple for the lord.

== Demographics ==
{{For|the demographics of the taluk|Ulundurpet taluka#Demographics}}
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> the town of Ulundurpettai had a population of 23,734. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Ulundurpettai had an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 79%, and female literacy was 63%. As of 2011 in Ulundurpettai, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.

==Politics==
Ulundurpettai assembly constituency is part of [[Villupuram (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies|work=Tamil Nadu|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=2008-10-09}}</ref> Ulundurpet is one of the state assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. [[A. J. Manikannan|A J Manikannan]] is the Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly since May 2 2021.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}<br />{{Kallakurichi District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kallakurichi district]]
[[Category:Revenue blocks of Kallakurichi district]]

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