Virudhunagar
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Virudhunagar (विरुदुनगर) is a city and district of Tamil Nadu state in south India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar district. It is located on Ram Van Gaman Path.
Location
The district is bounded by Sivagangai district and Madurai district on the north, Tenkasi district and Tuticorin District to the south and Ramanathapuram District on east Theni district to the northwest and Idukki district of Kerala to the west.
Administration
The district is divided into three revenue divisions - Sivakasi, Sattur and Aruppukottai.
The district comprises ten taluks: Aruppukkottai, Kariapatti, Rajapalayam, Sattur, Sivakasi, Srivilliputhur, Tiruchuli, Vembakottai, Virudhunagar and Watrap.[1] In total there are 600 revenue villages in this district.
This district has nine town panchayats – Seithur, Vathirairuppu, Chettiarpatti, Kariapatti, Mamsapuram, Sundarapandiam, Mallankinaru, S.Kodikulam and W.Pudupatti.
Economy
Virudhunagar district is one of India's leading in the match industry, fireworks and printing, mostly concentrated in and around Sivakasi.[2][3] Virudhunagar is the main market for oil, chicory, coffee seeds, dry chillies and pulses.[citation needed] There are two trade centres (Godowns) in the District one in Virudhunagar and another in Rajapalayam. Ginning factories, spinning mills, power loom and hand loom industries are also present in the district at Rajapalayam the second big weaving town in the state after Coimbatore. One of the cement plants of Ramco Cements Ltd is located in RR Nagar near Viudhunagar another one located at Alankulam of Sivakasi Taluk. In 2018, Government of India classifies Virudhunagar as one of the 112 most underdeveloped district across the country and brought it under Aspirational Districts Programme Phase 1.[4]
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References
- ↑ "NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Virudhunagar". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
- ↑ Dharani, Thangavelu (6 April 2021). "In Tamil Nadu's fireworks factories, women form 70% of workforce but are paid half as much as men". Scroll.in.
- ↑ "Fireworks, printing units resume operation in Virudhunagar". The Hindu. 6 May 2020. ISSN 0971-751X.
- ↑ "Aspirational Districts Programme | NITI Aayog". www.niti.gov.in.