Thirupattur
| Tirupattur | |
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| Sprawling Town | |
A view from Yelagiri
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 Tirupattur
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| Coordinates: 12°30′N 78°36′E / 12.50°N 78.60°ECoordinates: 12°30′N 78°36′E / 12.50°N 78.60°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Vellore |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Tirupattur Ooratchi Ondriam |
| • Chairman | S Arasu |
| Elevation | 387 m (1,270 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 19,487 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 635601, 635602 |
| Telephone code | 04179 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-83 |
| Nearest city | Vellore (88 km), Bangalore (125 km) & Chennai (235 km) |
| Sex ratio | 993 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thiruvannamalai |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Tiruppattur |
Tirupattur is a town in Vellore District, India, one of the oldest towns in Tamil Nadu. It is approximately 40 km from Krishnagiri, 85 km from Hosur, 85 km from Thiruvannamalai, 210 km from Chennai and 125 km from Bangalore. The town has mainly small-scale industries and mills, and has been an important commercial center from time immemorial.
The name Tirupattur means a group of ten villages/small towns. There exists a village called Aathiyur (Aathi means Begin) in the southern fringes of the Town and Kodiyur (Kodi means End) in the northern fringes of the town. It is surrounded by several of these villages, making Tirupattur a Taluk.It has Old Shiva, Vishnu temples and Tanks (Big Tank & Small Tank) built during the Hoysala Dynasty. It is well connected by road and rail to other important cities of Tamil Nadu such as Thiruvannamalai, Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore and Vellore and to Bangalore in Karnataka. This town is also famous in Islamic religious circles as many great saints "Awliyas" had made it their home town. Some of them are buried at various places in the town, including Syed Sha Mohammed alias Syed Khawja Meeran Hussaini Jaffari, Syed Sha ameenuddin Hussaini Chisty ur Kahdri (who is better known as Munshi); he was the last among a series of saints who have lived and have been buried at Tirupattur. As of 2011, the town had a population of 64,125.
Tirupattur has been a Revenue Sub Division since the British Raj, earlier as a part of Salem District and then as a part of Vellore District. Tirupattur, Natrampalli, Vaniyambadi and Ambur taluks form the Tirupattur Sub Division. India's first lady IAS officer Anna Rajam Malhotra, independent India's first foreign Secretary KPS Menon, present Secretary to the PM Modi Dr.T.V Somanathan were all Sub Collectors of Tirupattur.
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