Pallipattu is a town in Tamil Nadu and a border town located between the Chittoor District of

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and

Tiruvallur District Thiruvallur District, also spelled as Tiruvallur District, is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fast developing city of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture ...

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 is known for its fertile agricultural lands and the west-to-east flowing Kusasthalai river.

Geography

Pallipat is located at . It has an average elevation of 154 metres (505 feet).

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Pallipattu had a population of 10,012. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Pallipattu has an average literacy rate of 71%, compared to the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 63%.

Politics

The Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act, enacted in 1959 by the

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under the provisions of article 3 of the

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, went into effect from 1 April 1960. Under the act, Tirutani

taluk 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 district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

and Pallipattu sub-taluk of the

Chittoor Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a popul ...

district of

were transferred to

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in exchange for territories from the Chingelput (

Chengalpattu Chengalpattu, previously known as Chingleput or Chengalpet, is a town and the headquarters of Chengalpattu district of the state Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located near to the industrial and IT hub. It is the headquarters of the district a ...

and

Salem District Salem District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the dis ...

s. Pallipattu was a state assembly constituency in

from 1977 to 2007 and after that, Pallipattu became part of Tiruttani (State Assembly Constituency). Also it is part of and

Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency) Arakkonam () is a railway town in the Ranipet district, state of Tamil Nadu. Included within the Chennai Metropolitan Area since 2022, Arakkonam is a major suburb of the state capital city Chennai, with a population of 78,395 per the census ...

Transport

Nearby Cities/Towns include: * Pothatturpettai (also known as Podaturpet), 11 kilometres (6.5 miles) away; * R.K.Pet, 22 kilometres (13.5 miles) away; * Nagari (A.P), 16 kilometres (10 miles) away; * Puttur, 27 kilometres (17 miles) away; *

Sholinghur } Sholinghapuram, shortened to Sholinghur (in Tamil: சோளிங்கப்புரம் or சோளிங்கர்) is a municipality under Sholinghur taluk in Ranipet District, Vellore region of Tamil Nadu, India. The town is fam ...

, 28 kilometres (17.5 miles) away; * Tiruttani, 36 kilometres (22 miles) away; *

(A.P), 40 kilometres ( 25 miles) away; *

Arakkonam Arakkonam () is a railway town in the Ranipet district, state of Tamil Nadu. Included within the Chennai metropolitan area, Chennai Metropolitan Area since 2022, Arakkonam is a major suburb of the state capital city Chennai, with a population ...

, 50 kilometres (32 miles) away; * Tirupathi, (A.P), 51 kilometres (32 miles) away; *

Tiruvallur Tiruvallur is a Grade I municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of Coovum river about from downtown Chennai ( Madras) in the western part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA). It is a satellite tow ...

, 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) away; * and

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

, 113 kilometres (70 miles) away.

Schools

There are many schools in the town to provide education to people of Pallipat and surrounding villages. The medium of instruction in these schools are in Tamil, Telugu and English. The schools are : * Government Higher Sec. School * Government High School For Boys * SAAI SRI MATRIC.HR.SEC.SCHOOL * St. Mary's Matriculation School * Mother Theresa * P.U.Elementary School (Main) * P.U. Ele. School, Dalavaipattadai * P.U. Ele. School, Anjaneya Nagar * Government High School For Girls * st.Mary's High School For Girls

Organization

Deepam welfare Trust india which is committed to provide basic education and healthcare to underprivileged children.& Promoting equal rights and opportunities for a society free from gender discrimination and violence.: *Deepam Welfare Trust India*

References

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