Sottaiyur

Sottaiyur
Village
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Population (2011)
• Total	50
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	639136
Telephone code	04324

Sottaiyur is a small village located in Karur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is very close to TNPL Pugalur and falls under its jurisdiction. There are few other villages near by Nalliyampalayam, Onavakkalmedu, Sokkankadu, Moolimangalam, Pandipalayam, Masagoundanpudur and Palamapuram.

This is quiet small village surrounded by agriculture farms.

BSNL, Aircel, Airtel, Tata Indicom, Reliance are the communication providers. The well penetrated landline connections are provided by BSNL again. The availability of internet is fair (Mostly dial-up connections).

Transport facilities are low. Most of the people commute by bi-cycles or two wheeler motorcycles.

The nearby place pugalur (Code:PGR) has a railway station which is well connected to Erode, Coimbatore, Trichy, Chennai and cochin. Both passenger trains and express trains pass through this station.

The nearest airport is in Trichy (87 km). Major Airport is located at Coimbatore (115 km).

There are some theaters nearby (Paramathi Velur & karur) which are 7 and 14 kilometers respectively away from the village. Most of the residents have access to almost all satellite television channels and DVD players. No of people to visit theaters are very less.

The main occupation is Agriculture. Many work in the TNPL company. The agriculture business has tremendously improved especially after the TEWLIS project where effluent water is pumped from TNPL to this village by pipelines. TNPL gets water from Thirukkattuthurai village panchayat located in the Cauvery river bank. The main crops grown are sugarcane and rice.

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