Sengipatti is a village in
Budalur taluk on the Tanjore–Trichy National Highway of
Tanjore district,
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...
. It is located 23 kilometers from
Thanjavur
Thanjavur (), also Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the 11th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the ...
33 kilometers from
Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirappalli () (Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headqu ...
46 kilometers from
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a large city located on the banks of the Vellar River. It has been ruled, at different times, by the mutharaiyar dynasty , Cholas, ...
65 kilometers from
Ariyalur and 66 kilometers from
kumbakonam. It is the main junction of bus routes for Thanjavur, Trichy and Pudukottai districts.
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Tuberculosis Sanatorium is a landmark. The village is the most westerly village located in Thanjavur district and is situated on the frontier with
Tiruchirapalli district.
SASTRA University
The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, also known as SASTRA, is a private and deemed university in the town of Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. SASTRA is ranked by global ranking agencies such a ...
is located just 7km from Sengipatti while
National Institute of Technology Trichy is located 17km away. It is one of the developing villages and has more industries addition to that the state government has set up
Government College of Engineering, Thanjavur in 2012.
The proposed
All India Institutes of Medical Sciences
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institute ...
for Tamil Nnadu was likely to be built here. But it is constructed in Madurai district. Sanoorapatti is a prime spot located on national highway of Trichy and Thanjavur, Sengipatti is located 1 km from Sanoorapatti and National Highway.
Importance
Sengipatti has risen in importance due to the emergence of The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Education
Government College of Engineering and RVS Agricultural College are the two important educational institutes present in Sengipatti.
Demographics
As per the 2011 census, Sengipatti had a population of 4271 with 2115 males and 2156 females. The sex ratio was 1019 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996 and the literacy rate was 78.99% as compared to 80.09% of Tamil Nadu.
References
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Villages in Thanjavur district