Ulundrupet
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Ulundurpet taluk Ulundurpet |
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| Town/Taluk | |
 Ulundurpet taluk
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| Coordinates: 11°42′N 79°17′E / 11.7°N 79.28°ECoordinates: 11°42′N 79°17′E / 11.7°N 79.28°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Villupuram |
| Government | |
| • MLA | R. Kumaraguru, ADMK |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 369,357 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 606107 |
| Telephone code | 04149 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-15 |
Ulundurpet is located in the southern region of Villupuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Ulundurpet is the taluk headquarters. It is co-terminus with Ulundurpet revenue block. There are fifty-three panchayat villages, and 178 villages in the taluk. The state assembly constituency for Tamil Nadu is the Ulundurpet constituency. Ulundurpet Railway Station is the nearest railway station.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ulundurpet had a population of 369,357 with 186,410 males and 182,947 females. There were 981 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 60.38. Child population in the age group below 6 was 23,270 Males and 21,734 Females.
The temperature is moderate; the maximum and minimum temperatures being 38 °C and 21 °C respectively. The town gets its rainfall from the northeast monsoon in winter and the southwest monsoon in summer. The average annual rainfall is 1070 mm.
Ulundurpet taluka is crisscrossed by two National Highways, NH 45 (Chennai - Theni) and NH 68 (Ulundurpettai - Salem). T construction of the 4-lane NH 45 was completed in 2007, and the 4-lanes of NH 68 was completed.
One of the state highways in Ulundurpet is SH-69 - (Virudhachalam-Ulundurpet).
Ulundurpet Railway Station falls on the Chennai-Villupuram-Virudhachalam-Trichy rail route, between Tiruchirappalli and Chennai. The nearest railway junctions are Vriddhachalam Junction (20 km) and Villupuram Junction (36 km).
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