Tirupattur
| Tirupattur | |
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| Town | |
 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 | Tiruppattur |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Arasu |
| Elevation | 387 m (1,270 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 64,125 |
| 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 |
Tiruppattur is a town located in Vellore District, India, which is one of the oldest towns in Tamil Nadu. It is located approximately 40 km from Krishnagiri, 85 km from Hosur, 85 km from Thiruvannamalai and 125 km from Bangalore. The town has mainly small-scale industries and mills. It is an important commercial center from time immemorial (whereas Vaniyambadi and Ambur, which were once smaller towns, have recently flourished). It was a revenue subdivision during British raj and remains so. 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 Hazrat Syed Sha Mohammed alias Syed Khawja Meeran Hussaini Jaffari, Hazrat Syed Shameenuddin Hussaini Chisty ur Kahdri (who is better known as Munshi Hazrat); 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.
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. Tirupattur's population and land area are good enough to have political representations in the state legislature of Tamil Nadu (Member of the Legislative Assembly), and part of Thiruvannamalai constituency for the central/federal legislature of India (Member of Parliament as of 2009 elections).
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