Sendamangalam also known as Senthamangalam is a

town panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in the

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is situated in

Namakkal District Namakkal District is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was bifurcated from Salem District with Namakkal town as headquarters on 25 July 1996 and started to function independentl ...

History

The history of Sendamangalam, Namakkal is often misunderstood with Sendamangalam, Kallkurichi dt (formerly Villupuram dt)

Geography

Sendamangalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 240 metres (715 feet). It is close to Kolli Hills (கொல்லி மலை) - which is part of the

Eastern Ghats The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats pass through Odisha, Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the south passing some parts of Karnataka as well as Telangana. They are eroded and ...

. The closest river is

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu d ...

. The city is approximately 350 km southwest of

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, 255 km south of

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, 50 km south of Salem and 93 km northwest of

Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

(Trichy) and around 200 km North of Madurai.

Climate

The temperature ranges from 20 to 44 °C throughout the year.

Demographics

Population

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

, Sendamangalam had a population of 18,085. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sendamangalam has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 56%. In Sendamangalam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. Thathagiri murugan mandabam

Government and politics

Senthamangalam (state assembly constituency)(ST) Sendamangalam taluk is part of

Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency) Namakkal is a Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 16 of 39. It was a part of Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in previous parliament Election. Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency consis ...

Civic Administration

Sendamangalam taluk in

started functioning as Taluk from 2 June 2015. The taluk office started functioning at a private building on Sendamangalam – Budhansandai Road near Primary Agriculture Cooperative Credit Society. Currently, two Tahsildars, five Deputy Tahsildars and 26 officials were appointed for the new Taluk.

Economy

Transport

By Air

The nearest airport is in Salem(55 km).

By Rail

The nearest major railway station is at Namakkal (10 km) and Salem (55 km).

By Road

Sendamangalam is located 12 km northeast from

Namakkal Namakkal () is a special grade municipality and the headquarters of Namakkal district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the first ISO 14001-2004 certified municipality in Asia for environmental management, specifically the provision ...

on State Highway SH-95 (connecting Mohanur-

-Muthugapatti-Akkiampatty-Sendamangalam-Gandhipuram-Kalappanaickenpatty, Rasipuram, 54 km long). The nearest cities from Sendamangalam are Namakkal (12 km), Karur (45 km), Salem (50 km),

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the ...

(62 km), and

(93 km).

, the capital of the state, is 380 km from Namakkal.

Education

VIVEKA MATRICULATION SCHOOL

References

External links

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Sendamangalam Town Panchayat: Tamil Nadu Government Directorate of PanchayatsSendamangalam Block Panchayat VillagesNamakkal District Webpage (Official Website of Namakkal District Government)
Cities and towns in Namakkal district