Virudhachalam

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Viruddhachalam
Viruddhachalam
Thirumudhukundram
Town
Nickname(s): Virudhai
Viruddhachalam is located in Tamil Nadu
Viruddhachalam
Viruddhachalam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Government
 • Type First Grade Municipality
 • Body Virudhachalam Municipality
 • MLA B.V.B.Muthukumar
Elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 73,585
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration TN-91( TN-31 till Jun17,2015)

Viruddhachalam (also known as Vridhachalam) is a municipality and taluk headquarters in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The ancient name of this town is Thirumudhukundram. As of 2011, the town had a population of 73,585.

Etymology

The name Vriddhachalam is obtained from two Sanskrit words - Vriddham which means old and Achalam which means mountain.

Geography

Vriddhachalam is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of45 m (148 ft).[2]

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
  
 85.72%
Muslim
  
 10.78%
Christian
  
 3.23%
Sikh
  
 0.06%
Buddhist
  
 0.01%
Jain
  
 0.07%
Other
  
 0.13%
No religion
  
 0.01%

According to 2011 census, Virudhachalam had a population of 73,585 with a sex-ratio of 985 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[3] A total of 7,735 were under the age of six, constituting 4,041 males and 3,694 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.76% and .44% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 77.57%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[3] The town had a total of 18209 households. There were a total of 26,153 workers, comprising 609 cultivators, 2,257 main agricultural labourers, 644 in house hold industries, 18,988 other workers, 3,655 marginal workers, 77 marginal cultivators, 409 marginal agricultural labourers, 245 marginal workers in household industries and 2,924 other marginal workers.[4][5] As per the religious census of 2011, Virudhachalam had 85.72% Hindus, 10.78% Muslims, 3.23% Christians, 0.06% Sikhs, 0.01% Buddhists, 0.07% Jains, 0.13% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[6]

Places of interest

One of the oldest town in Cuddalore district. The ancient Lord Siva temple(Pazhamalai Nadhar Temple) is located in the heart of town. The temple was constructed by one of the chola empires. It has 5 big towers- one in the middle, the remaining represent the four directions. There is another famous temple - Kolanjiappar Temple - located 5 km away from the town. Both of them are located near Cuddalore - Salem highway in virudhachalam[7]

Politics

MLA of Vriddhachalam assembly constituency is B.V.B.Muthukumar. During the 2009 general elections, Virudhachalam was a part of Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)  that had the following six assembly segments. Tittakudi (SC), Vridhachalam, Neyveli, Cuddalore, Panruti and Kurinjipadi.[8] Before 2009, Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency composed of the following assembly segments:Ulundurpet (SC), Nellikkuppam, Cuddalore, Panruti, Rishivandinam and Sankarapuram.[9] The Lok Sabha seat has been held by the Indian National Congress for eight terms during 1951–56,[10] 1971–77,[11] 1977–80.[12] 1980–84, 1984–1989,[13] 1989–91,[14] 1991–96,[15] and 2009–present,[16] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for four times during 1962–1967,[17] 1967–71,[18] 1999-04,[19] and 2004–09,[20] Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam once during 1998–99,[21] Tamil Maanila Congress once during 1996-2001 and an independent during 1957–62,[22] The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is A. Arunmozhithevan from AIADMK[23]

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Vriddhachalam
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  23. ↑ A. Arunmozhithevan

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