Town Profile
- Polur Town Panchayat Located 38.00 K.M distance from Thiruvannamalai District.
- Nearest Railway Station Name : Polur , This Railway Station Located 0.50 k.m Distance from Polur
- Nearest Airport Located in : Chennai
- Bus Route Details : : Vellore - Tiruvannamalai
- Sampathgiri Hill Temple - Ward No : 10 - Street Name - A.Malaiyoram Street
- Perumal Koil Temple - Ward No : 6 - Street Name - Perumal Koil Street
- Kailasanathar Koil Temple - Ward No : 6 - Street Name - Theridi Street
- Kaliyamman Koil Street - Ward No : 1 - Street Name - Veerappan Street
- Somanathaeswar Temple - Ward No : 1 - Street Name - Veerappan Street
- Pollachiamman Temple - Ward No : 13 - Street Name - Polachiamman Koil Street
- Tumbainachiamman Koil - Ward No : 16 - Street Name - Balakannaiyan Street
- Kamachiamman Koil - Ward No : 13 - Street Name - Kamachiammal Koil Street
- Angalamman Koil - Ward No : 15 - Street Name - Allinagar
- Putru Mariamman Koil - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Diversion Road
- Mariamman Koil Street - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Jalliyan Street
Festival Name | How many Days Celebrated | Which Month Celebrated | No of Peoples Participated | Notified/Non Notified |
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- | 0 | JAN | 0 | NON-NOTIFIED |
Nearest City Name | Direction | Distance from Town Panchayat |
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Chetpet | East | 28.00 K.m |
Jammunamarathur | West | 48.00 K.m |
Vellore | North | 52.00 K.m |
Tiruvannamalai | South | 38.00 K.m |
TIRUVANNAMALAI DISTRICT
POLUR SELECTION GRADE TOWN PANCHAYAT
PROFILE
Introduction
The
city of Polur marks an important part at Tiruvannamalai District in the Indian
state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated on the National Highway – 234 that also
known as Mangalore – Villupuram Highway. The city has been adorned with several
places of worship and some worth-to-bevisited tourist attractions. As a travel
vacationer, you can take pleasure of beautiful “Kunnathur Hiss” on the
peripheries of Polur. The word Polur was taken from “Porulur” in the Tamil
language, which literally translating of “Polur Oor” or “Place of Wealth”. The
city is placed around 159 km away from the State capital Chennai towards East
and 39 km away from its Tiruvannamalai District.
Geography of Polur
Polur
is situated at 12.5ON 79.13OE along with average elevation of 171 meters. The
city remains hot in summer, particularly in the month of Mya, with average
temperature between 31OC to 42OC. The month of December remains cold with
minimum 24OC. During the entire year, the rainfall have varies from month to
month with maximum in October and minimum in February month. So, the best time
of visit Polur is in the month of March when you can embark on to its major
tourist places with having light clothes under the average.
Population of Polur
Polur is a Town Panchayat city in
district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Polur city is divided into 18 wards
for which elections are held every 5 years. The Polur Town Panchayat has
population of 28,123 of which 13,862 are males while 14,261 are females as per
report released by Census India 2011.
Population
of Children with age of 0-6 is 3040 which is 10.81 % of total population of
Polur (TP). In Polur Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 1029 against state
average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Polur is around 939 compared to
Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Polur city is 82.87 % higher
than state average of 80.09 %. In Polur, Male literacy is around 90.12 % while
female literacy rate is 75.91 %.
Polur
Town Panchayat has total administration over 6,706 houses to which it supplies
basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads
within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its
jurisdiction.
Tourism in Polur
The
beautiful city of Polur surrounding has some awesome destinations to allure the
attention of holiday seekers. Although, it does not have many cultural and
natural tourist places but it is largely famous for three main jain caves along
with Arahanthgiri Jain Math, which was formed in the year 1998 at the ancient
jain site of Tiruvannamalai. However, you can also pay visit to Polur’s
Kavanoor Observatory or Vainu Bappu Observatory, Beeman Fally and Parvatha
Hills, which is considered as on ideal place for trekking. Near by located
Javadu Hiss also grab the attention of travel lovers.