Puliangudi
Sign in to savePuliyangudi is a municipal town located in Tenkasi district.The town located between Tenkasi and Rajapalayam on the National Highway 208 (Kollam to Tirumangalam).
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Place details
- Locality
- Puliyangudi
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 66,034
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Puliyangudi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Puliyangudi, Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Taluk
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tenkasi
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kadayanallur
- Settlement.named_for
- (Lemon City)
- Settlement.government_type
- Second Grade Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_rank
- 1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 233
- Settlement.population_total
- 66000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Puliyangudi is a municipal town located in Tenkasi district.The town located between Tenkasi and Rajapalayam on the National Highway 208 (Kollam to Tirumangalam).
It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Tenkasi District and Kadayanallur Taluk. Taluk headquarters, Kadayanallur, is 16 km south from Puliyangudi, and the district headquarters, Tenkasi lies 31 km south. It is nicknamed the "Lemon City of India". The climate, soil, and marketing facilities in Puliyangudi are particularly suitable for lemon cultivation. It has two big lemon markets located in Puliyangudi and Punnaiyapuram lemon markets especially for exporting lemons in daily Tamilnadu other districts area and Kerala state. Puliyangudi's Big Mosque or Jumma Masjid, built by the Lebbai family (Lebbai Sha), holds significant historical and cultural importance. The Lebbai family was influential in the early period, playing a central role in leading the Muslim community in Puliyangudi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puliangudi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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