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'''Thirukkattuthurai''' is a small village located in [[Karur District]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karur.tn.nic.in/ |title = Karur District, Government of Tamil Nadu {{!}} Land of Minerals {{!}} India|website=Karur.tn.nic.in}}</ref> in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the first of the three wards of the Thirukkattuthurai village Panchayat. The village is situated on the bank of the river [[Cauvery]]. The village Co-operative water pumping station is the first of its kind in Tamil Nadu planned by O.K.Ramaswamy Gounder and inaugurated by K.Kamarajar, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in that period. It is about 4.5&nbsp;km from [[TNPL Pugalur]].<ref name="multiple">{{cite web |url=http://www.tnpl.com/ |title = TNPL {{!}} Paper Mill, Cement & Packaging Board Plant India|website=Tnpl.com}}</ref> The adjacent towns and villages are Aalamarathumeydu, Karapalayam, Nadayanur, Velayuthampalayam, [[Kattipalayam]] and Thavittupalayam. The adjacent town [[Velayuthampalayam]] have the hill named Pugali Malai/Arunattan Malai, which houses [[Lord Murugan]].

According to latest [[2011 Indian census]], Thirukkattuthurai has a population of 3011 consisting of 944 families of which the male population is 1458 and the female 1553, with 7.21 percent of the population under six years of age. The literacy rate is 74.84 percent comparable to the state average of 80.09 percent, but the sex ratio is 1065 comparable to the state ratio of 996. Literacy stands at 85.82 percent for men and 64.72 percent for women.

The Thirukkattuthurai village is 3 kilometers north-west of the town Velayuthampalayam which is located 11°4'48"N 78°0'1"E at average elevation of {{convert|125|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.

The highest temperature is in early May to early June usually about 34&nbsp;°C, though it usually exceeds 38&nbsp;°C for a few days most years. The average daily temperature during January is around 23&nbsp;°C, though the temperature rarely falls below 17&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is about 725&nbsp;mm. It gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the north-east [[monsoon]] winds, from late September to mid November.

The schools in Thirukkattuthurai panchayat and major schools of nearby panchayats are:

*Panchayat Union Elementary School, Kattipalayam (Thirukkattuthurai)

*Rangasamy Aided Primary School, Nadaiyanur (Thirukkattuthurai)

*Rangasamy Goundar Higher Secondary School, Nadayanur (Thirukkattuthurai)

'''Urban - Primary'''

*TNPL Matric Higher Secondary School, Kagithapuram (TNPL pugalur Panchayat)

M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering (MKCE), Thalavapalayam, 639 113, is a landmark on the National High way No.7, located on the Karur – Salem route. It is located {{Convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from Thirukkattuthurai. The college is affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai and also approved by the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi. It is the major engineering college close to this village. This village panchayat has recently produced many engineering graduates being employed by big multinational companies. Kandaswami Kandar's College, Paramathi Velur is the Arts & Science college situated 6&nbsp;km from this village. But this college comes under Nammakkal district.

The main dominant form of employment is in [[agriculture]]. The main crops grown are Sugarcane, paddy, plantain, yuca or manioc (Maravalli kizhangu), groundnut and corn In recent days coconut trees have become more popular.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Many people are also working in TNPL Company. Some go to Karur to work in the textile industry.

''Farmers Market'' is in Velayuthampalayam (3&nbsp;km) where farmers used to sell their agricultural commodities during the morning time and also, every Thursday evening, vendors in and around Velayuthampalayam sell domestic commodities in ''Velayuthampalaym Market'' near to municipality building.

The area is governed by Directorate of Village panchayat which has President, Vice-President, one councilor (per ward) and nine members (for three wards). They are the elected representatives of the village. Elections are conducted once in every five years. Village Code of Thirukkattuthurai Village Panchayat is 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnrd.gov.in/databases/Villages.pdf|format=PDF|title=List of Village Panchayats in Tamil Nadu|website=Tnrd.gov.in|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>

The village panchayat has also one public library in Nadayanur. Water from Cauvery River is pumped through motor (maintained by the village) to the agriculture fields of the village. Village Ration shops are in Thirukkattuthurai and Aalamarathumeydu from where pulses, fuel, domestic commodities are bought by village people. The playgrounds and sports material to that is established through the Rural Development Department for the village panchayat. In this village panchayat there are two banks Tamil Nadu co-operative Society in Aalamarathumeydu and Indian overseas bank in Nadayanur.

There is [[Government General Hospital]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tnhealth.org/karur.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 June 2010 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060900/http://www.tnhealth.org/karur.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the footsteps of Pugali Malai in Velayuthampalayam. There are two main private hospitals on the Karur-Velur highway which has inpatient services. There are many small clinics run by several doctors. The medical services are well supported by clustered medical stores in the junction of velayuthampalayam. For major medical and surgical services, the public go to one of the places (Paramathy Velur, Karur, Erode, Coimbatore, and Trichy).

Most of the town residents have access to almost all Television channels. One has to travel to 'Karur' (21&nbsp;km) or 'Paramathi Velur' (4&nbsp;km) to watch a movie in a theatre.

There are three theatres in Paramathi Velur:- Abirami theatre, Ganesa theatre and Siva theatre. In Karur there are 10 theatre and its details can be found later.

The temple in Pugalur situated north west of Karur dedicated to Lord Murugan on a small hill at Velayuthanpalayam and there are many inscriptions about [[Chera Dynasty King|Chera]] since Karur is the administrative capital of Chera Dynasty. It is situated 3&nbsp;km from Thirukkattuthurai. Every year during the first week of February month [[Thaipusam]] is celebrated in this temple. During which devotees take ''Kavadi'' to this temple and at that night, Theru (Temple Cart) with Lord Muruga in it is moved around the hill by people with the help of Chain.

A well known divine story of the temple starts with the combat between Aathisesha and Vaayu (God of lie and element 'air'). This war pulses the holy Meru (Divine hill) and makes one Apex into five pieces, after this war the five pieces of the apex changes into five Swayambulinga Sivasthalas. These are considered five types of precious stones as follows:

Obligations for marriages, child birth, covers a maximum part of prarthana, nexly{{huh?|date=October 2021}} people those suffering from physical and mental diseases are strongly believing this sthala for their remedy. Festivals in this temple are in Chithirai, Aadi, Aavani, Aipasi, Karthikai, Markazhi, Thai, Maasi, Panguni of Tamil months. In addition to Aadipperukku where lighted lamps are set afloat in the river Cauvery.

The town has numerous modes of transport, such as the Private Mini Bus. Government run buses and private buses are adequate in Aalamarathumeydu (1.6&nbsp;km) and Velayuthampalayam (3&nbsp;km) from Thirukkattuthurai. Most of the people commute by bi-cycles or two wheeler motorcycles.

The nearest airport are in [[Tiruchirappalli]] (90&nbsp;km) and [[Madurai]] (156&nbsp;km). Major Airport are located at [[Coimbatore]] (112&nbsp;km).

 

===Nearby railway stations===

Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd is promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu with loan assistance from the World Bank. Today TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse (sugarcane waste from Sugar mills) based paper in the world and the second largest paper producer in Asia. TNPL produces 230,000 tons of printing and writing paper and consumes 1 million tonnes of bagasse every year. It is located 4.5 kilometers from this village.

EID Parry India (pvt) Ltd has a sugar factory in Pugalur, about 8 kilometers away from this village. It has a capacity of 4000 TCD per year. It also has a 22 MW co-generation Power plant, with TNPL.

Semmedu is headquarters of Kolli hills. It is about 1300m in height with 70 hair pin bends. Spots must be visited in Kolli hills are ''Vasaloorpatty Boat House'' in Solakkadu, ''Botanical Garden'' in Semmedu, ''Masila Falls'' also called as Akasa Gangai which forms river Aiyaru, ''Arappaleeshwarar temple'' and ''Melkalingam Ettukaiamman Koil''.

1. Nallathambi Resorts at the highest point of hill

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