Appanur, is a village in the Kadaladi Taluk of

Ramanathapuram District Ramanathapuram District, also known as Ramnad District, is one of the 38 districts an administrative districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The old Ramanathapuram District consists of Present day Virudhunagar and Sivagangai districts, ...

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, India. It is located between

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and

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, on the State Highway 29 (SH29).

Location

Appanur is a small village. It is located on SH29, which runs from

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. The SH29 then runs to join the East Coast Road (Thiruvanmiyur - Mahabalipuram - Marakkanam - Pondicherry Road). Appanur is about 11 km from

, 36 km from

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and 55 km from

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History

It is said that Appanur has been known since ancient times as Thiru Appanur, though Thiru Appanur now refers to a place near

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. Appanur, as a part of the

Ramnad Ramanathapuram (), also known as Ramnad, is a town and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram district and the second largest town (by population) in ...

district was under the

Sethupathi The Sethupathis are a Tamil clan of the Maravar community native to the Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India. They were from the 17th century considered independent kings who ruled the Ramnad kingdom, also known as '' M ...

s during the beginning of the 17th century, then under the

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, before it came under the Union of India in 1947 when India received its independence. It is still an under developed area in India, along with the rest of the Ramnad district. Appanur is known for rainfed bittergourd cultivation. Momordica charantia var muricata

Demography

Total population of the village is 2328, of whom males are 1178 and females are 1150. Overall literacy rate is 52.02%, male literacy rate is 64.69% and female literacy rate is 39.04%, according to the 2001 census.

Infrastructure

There are three schools in Appanur. # Government

Primary School A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

# Panchayat Union

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# Sri Ramakrishna Saradhadevi

#Government

High school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

There is a Primary Health Centre, which comes under

health district. There is also a branch post office.

Cultural Festivals

A local festival called 'Maasa' or 'Marsa' is celebrated every year. Other

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festivals like Pongal and

Deepavali Diwali (), Dewali, Divali, or Deepavali ( IAST: ''dīpāvalī''), also known as the Festival of Lights, related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai, and Bandna, is a religious celebration in Indian religions. It i ...

are also celebrated. Bullock-cart races, called Rekla races, are popular locally, and are organised during festival celebrations.

References

{{Ramanathapuram district Revenue villages in Kadaladi taluk