Narikudi block is a revenue block in the

Virudhunagar district Virudhunagar District is a district (an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in south India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar district. Virudhunagar district was formed by the separation of Old Ramanathapuram D ...

of the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. It hosts 44 panchayat villages. Its block number is 285.

Demographics

The block has a total of 18.208 homes spread across 92 villages.

Geography

It is situated about 32 km from

Aruppukkottai Aruppukottai is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aruppukottai's classical name is "Sengattu irukkai idathuvali". Aruppukottai is about 50 km from Madurai. It is in the middle of Vellore-T ...

. The residential areas are located in the hospital area, union office area, and by the bus stand. It falls under Thiruchuli

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Economy

Due to a lack of business establishments, many residents commute to

or Thiruppuvanam for work. The block has three revenue Firkas (subdivisions), namely Narikudi, A.Mukkulam, and Veeracholan. Narikudi has one Nationalized Indian Overseas Bank and one Co-operative Bank. The major cultivated crops are paddy and groundnut and are mostly cultivated in drylands with the help of rain from the northeast monsoon.

Transport

One poorly-connected railway station is present offering a single passenger train from

Virudhunagar Virudhunagar is a city and the administrative headquarter of the Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located southwest of the state capital Chennai and south of Madurai. Virudhunagar emerged as an important trade c ...

Karaikudi Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area ...

References

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"Schools in Narikudi"
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