Nelpettai is a neighbourhood in
Madurai district
Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi ...
of
Tamil Nadu
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state in the peninsular India. Muslims live in large clusters in Nelpettai.
Albert Victor Bridge which is more than 133 years old, that connects Nelpettai and Goripalayam, is constructed over river Vaigai. Nelpettai has a non-vegetarian market that sells fish, meat such as mutton, chicken, etc. On East Veli street, a famous non-vegetarian restaurant namely Amsavalli bhavan biryani restaurant that functions beyond decades, is located. A bridge 3.2 km long and 12 m wide, is planned to be constructed to reduce traffic congestion, in between Madurai Corporation Ecopark just opposite of Madurai Corporation building and Nelpettai Anna statue junction, at a project cost of about ₹175.80 crore.
Location
Located at an altitude of about 159 m above the mean sea level, the geographical coordinates of Nelpettai are 9°55'23.2"N, 78°07'31.4"E (i.e., 9.923100°N, 78.125400°E).
Neighbourhoods
Madurai
Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is ...
, Goripalayam,
Sellur,
Simmakkal,
Yanaikkal,
East Gate and South Gate are some of the important neighbourhoods of Nelpettai.
Transport
Road transport
Nelpettai is well connected to other parts of Madurai via. important roads viz., East Veli street, North Veli street, Munichalai road, East Masi street, North Masi street, Yanaikkal bridge and Albert Victor Bridge. Madurai City Transport Corporation operates numerous bus services via. Nelpettai. Nelpettai is served by
Periyar Bus Terminus at the heart of Madurai, Anna Bus Terminus near Anna Nagar,
MGR Bus Terminus in Mattuthavani and
Arappalayam Bus Terminus
Arappalayam Bus Terminus is an important mofussil bus terminus in Arappalayam in Madurai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Overview
It is one of the old bus terminus in Madurai city to provide the Moffusil bus service for the following cit ...
.
Rail transport
Madurai Junction railway station
Madurai Junction railway station (station code: MDU) is an NSG-2 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the city of Madurai, located in Madurai dist ...
which is busy round-the-clock is situated at 2 km from Nelpettai.
Air transport
From Nelpettai, Madurai Airport is located at about 12 km in
Avaniapuram
Avaniapuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 89,635. It was annexed with the Madurai Municipal Corporation in 2011. The locality is famous for Jallikattu (bull tamin ...
.
Education
School
Madurai Corporation Umarupulavar school is situated in Nelpettai near Albert Victor Bridge.
Worshipping
Mosque
Nelpettai has a worshipping place for Muslims viz.,
Sungam Mosque
The Sungam Mosque, also known as the Sungam Pallivasal () is a mosque in Madurai city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque was founded by Muslim Jamath people, and was completed in 1840 in the Mughal architecture, Mughal style.
Over ...
.
Politics
Nelpettai comes under
Madurai South Assembly constituency, with the winner of its legislative assembly elections held in the year 2021, as
M. Boominathan. It also comes under
Madurai Lok Sabha constituency
Madurai Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 32.
Assembly segments
From 2009
Madurai Lok Sabha constit ...
for which the parliamentary elections were held in the year 2019 with the winner as
S. Venkatesan.
References
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Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai