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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Villapuram
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|pushpin_map_caption = Villapuram, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
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|blank1_name_sec1 = Neighbourhoods
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], East Gate, [[Nelpettai]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[Sellur (Madurai)|Sellur]], Goripalayam, [[Tallakulam (Madurai)|Tallakulam]], Shenoy Nagar, [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Ellis Nagar]] and [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]]
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|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Madurai South Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = [[S. Venkatesan]]
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'''Villapuram''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]]<ref>{{Cite book |author=Tamil Nadu (India) Legislature Legislative Assembly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY-2AAAAIAAJ&q=%25E0%25AE%25B5%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AF%258D%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%25AA%25E0%25AF%2581%25E0%25AE%25B0%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AF%258D |title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Who's who |date=1985 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Apūtaimiyyā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQ0XAAAAIAAJ&q=%25E0%25AE%25B5%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AF%258D%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%25AA%25E0%25AF%2581%25E0%25AE%25B0%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AF%258D |title=Peṇṇurimai pēṇiya Islām |date=1992 |publisher=Yācir Papḷikēṣan̲s |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=India Election Commission |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpO2AAAAIAAJ&dq=Villapuram&pg=PA439 |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |date=1976 |publisher=Election Commission, India |language=en}}</ref> of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]]. It is located at an altitude of about 155 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9|53|42.7|N|78|07|14.9|E}} (i.e., 9.895200°N, 78.120800°E). It was earlier known as Vilvapuram due to the presence of large quantities of Bael trees some times ago and then later renamed as Villapuram.<ref>{{Cite web |last=மு.முத்துக்குமரன் |title='கோடி ரூபாய் கொடுத்தாலும் கிடைக்காத வரம்!' - பாவக்காய் மண்டபப் பெருமை சொல்லும் வில்லாபுரத்துக்காரர்கள் |url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/temples/154768-chithirai-festival-of-meenakshi-temple |access-date=2022-12-24 |work=Vikatan |language=ta}}</ref> In Madurai, the mandapas built for the deities to come and stay during festivals are called mandagapadis. In this way, the Bhavakai Mandapam, which is about 400 years old, is located in Villapuram. During the ten days of Chitrait festival in Madurai, Meenakshi mman and Sundareswarar, who come to this mandapam on the fourth day, bless the devotees from here until the evening. The area where the mandapam is located is rich in produce of cantaloupe (commonly referred to as bitter gourd) and the people here offer them to the Lord.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-07 |title=வில்லாபுரம் பாவக்காய் மண்டகப்படி.. இருவர் தொண்டால் ஊருக்கே கிடைத்த பாக்கியம்..!! |url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/local-news/madurai-madurai-chithirai-festival-villapuram-pavakkai-mandakapadi-special-aru-727606.html |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=News18 Tamil |language=ta}}</ref>

[[Madurai]], East Gate, [[Nelpettai]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[Sellur (Madurai)|Sellur]], Goripalayam, [[Tallakulam (Madurai)|Tallakulam]], Shenoy Nagar, [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Ellis Nagar]] and [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]] are the major neighbourhoods of Villapuram area. A government school for the physically challenged is running in Villapuram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=மதுரை வில்லாபுரம் அரசு பள்ளியில் மாற்றுத் திறனாளி மாணவர் சேர்க்கை |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional02/685135-.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> There is a flower market in Villapuram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ஆடி பெருக்கை முன்னிட்டு மதுரை வில்லாபுரம் சந்தையில் பூக்கள் விலை கிடுகிடு உயர்வு |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=695213 |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.dinakaran.com |language=en |archive-date=24 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224074404/https://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=695213 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Traders and public in the surrounding areas benefit from this.

== Transportation ==
[[Periyar Bus Terminus]] is situated at about 4 km from Villapuram. [[Arappalayam Bus Terminus]] is at a distance of 7 km from here. Bus services are available from the [[Mattuthavani Bus Stand, Madurai|MGR Integrated Bus Stand]], which is situated at a distance of about 10 km. On the road from Madurai to [[Aruppukkottai]] via. [[Kariapatti]], connecting the South gate area to Villapuram area, above the railway line, a bridge was constructed with the length of about 0.5 km and 12 meters wide in the year 1989 at a cost of Rs.75 lakhs. There is not enough space on the bridge in this congested area and the vehicular congestion continues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=மதுரை தெற்குவாசல் பாலத்தால் கடும் போக்குவரத்து நெரிசல்: இடியாப்ப சிக்கலுக்கு தீர்வு "ஈரடுக்கு பாலம் |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=805721 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203141934/http://m.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=805721 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2017 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Dinamalar |language=ta}}</ref> In order to reduce traffic congestion, a new bridge will be constructed to pass near the existing bridge, starting from Nelpettai area and extending to [[Avaniapuram]] area, the distance being for about 5 km.<ref>{{Cite news |title=மதுரையில் 5 கி.மீ. நீளம்கொண்ட புதிய பறக்கும் பாலம் - விரைவில் அமைய உள்ளதாக நெடுஞ்சாலைத்துறை தகவல் |language=ta |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/889657-traffic-congestion-of-madurai-south-gateway-bridge.html |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref> Villapuram is an area with a population of around 4 lakhs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-17 |title=மாநகராட்சியின் பெரிய கிராமங்களில் வி.ஏ.ஓ.,க்கள் பத்தல... பத்தல... : வருவாய்த் துறையில் நிர்வாக சீர்திருத்தம் அவசியம் |language=ta |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/news/tamil-nadu-district-news-madurai/news/3196210 |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref> Villapuram Housing Board road, an important road here, has been built to connect Avaniapuram, Jaihindpuram and Villapuram areas.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-14 |title=எங்கு பார்த்தாலும் கரடு முரடான பள்ளம்.. ஆழமான குழிகள்.. மதுரை வில்லாபுரம் ஹவுசிங் போர்டு சாலையின் அவலம்.. |language=ta |url=https://tamil.news18.com/madurai/avaniyapuram-villapuram-housing-board-road-on-bad-condition-818905.html |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref> [[Madurai Junction railway station]] is located at a distance of about 4 km from Villapuram area. Madurai Airport, situated at [[Avaniapuram]], is about 8.5 km from here.
== Spirituality ==
The famous [[Meenakshi Temple, Madurai|Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple]] is about 4 km from Villapuram. The Kaliamman Muniyandiswamy Temple established here is functioning under the control of the [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] of the Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arulmigu Kaliamman Muniyandiswamy Temple, Villapuram, Madurai - 625012, Madurai District [TM032023].,காளியம்மன்,காளியம்மன் |url=https://hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/index_temple.php?tid=32023 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=hrce.tn.gov.in}}</ref>
== Politics ==
Villapuram area falls under the [[Madurai South 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=2023-01-13 |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 [[M. Boominathan]]. Also, this area belongs to [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]. [[S. Venkatesan]] won the 2019 elections, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency.
== References ==
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== External links ==
[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Villapuram&params=9_53_42.7_N_78_07_14.9_E_type:city_region:IN]

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