Thiruthangal is a neighbourhood of Sivakasi City, India.Thiruthangal is one of the Zones of

Sivakasi Sivakasi is a city in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city is known for firecrackers and match factories that produce 70% of the country's output. The printing industries in Sivakasi produce 30% of the total diaries ...

City Municipal Corporation. Ninra Narayana Perumal temple, one among the 108 Divya Desams, Vishnu temples revered by saint poets, Alwars of 6th–9th century is located in Thiruthangal. The place is also famous for Karunellinathar temple, located adjacent to Nindra Narayana Temple. Thiruthangal is 2 kilometres far from the heart of

city which is known for its printing, match-works and fireworks industries. Thiruthangal is well connected by bus and train and can be reached by air via

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. As of 2011, the town had a population of 55,362.Thiruthangal got integrated with Sivakasi on 31 December 2020.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Thiruthangal had a population of 55,343 with a sex-ratio of 1,000 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 5,918 were under the age of six, constituting 3,046 males and 2,872 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 20.89% and .19% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 71.89%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 15424 households. There were a total of 27,159 workers, comprising 59 cultivators, 226 main agricultural labourers, 1,284 in house hold industries, 23,722 other workers, 1,868 marginal workers, 6 marginal cultivators, 22 marginal agricultural labourers, 117 marginal workers in household industries and 1,723 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Thiruthangal had 92.74%

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, 1.03%

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, 6.14%

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, 0.01%

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, and 0.08% following other religions.

Economy

Thiruthangal is once a part of Sivakasi among the largest exporter of firecrackers all over the country and abroad. Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

called "Kutti Japan.". It also has granite quarries, namely Standard Granites and PRP Granites.

Transport

The town has mono track broad gauge railway station. It will connect Chennai and Sengottai.

Adjacent communities

Thiruthangal is the hub for many villages surrounding it like Sukkiravarapatti, Sillayanaickenpatti,

Alamarathupatti Alamarathupatti is a village and panchayat in Sivakasi block, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. Locatlity Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and is close to the towns of T ...

, Naranapuram, Sengamalapatti, Velliapuram, Anaikutam, Vadamallapuram, Erichanatham, M Pudupatti etc.

References

External links

Thiruthagal site
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