Aygudi(), also spelled Aaikudi, is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat () or 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 12,00 ...

Tenkasi district Tenkasi () is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India, separated from Tirunelveli district on 22 November 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on 18 July 2019. The district headquarters is at Tenkasi. Geography The ...

in the state of

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History

Aai Andiran was the chieftain of Aaikudi and its surroundings. He is one of the seven great philanthropists of ancient Tamil Nadu. He gave an elephant to the commoner
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Demographics

In the 2001 India

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, Aaikudi had a population of 12,924. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Aaikudi had an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population was under 6 years of age. By the 2011 census the population had increased to 15,172.

Cityscape

Landmark

Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple (kaliyamman temple)Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple is situated at the banks of Hanuman river. Skanda shasti ''soora samharam'' is the famous festival celebrated every year for 7 days.

References

{{Tenkasi district Cities and towns in Tenkasi district