Tirunelveli Pincodes

Tirunelveli, a prominent city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is sometimes referred to as Nellai and, historically, as Tinnevelly. It serves as the Tirunelveli District’s administrative center. Following Salem, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai, it is the state’s sixth-largest municipal corporation.

Tirunelveli is situated 58 kilometers from Thoothukudi, 73 km from Kanyakumari, and 624 km southwest of Chennai, the state capital. The Thamirabarani River has two banks: the west bank is home to the downtown area, while the east bank is home to Palayamkottai. Palayamkottai, with its multitude of schools and colleges, is known as the Oxford of South India. It is home to numerous significant government offices.

History

The main city of the Pandya empire was Madurai, while Tirunelveli was ruled by them as a subordinate capital. According to inscriptions by Ashoka (304–232 BCE), references to the Pandya dynasty in the region can be traced back several centuries before the Christian era can be found in the Mahavamsa, the Brihat-Samhita, and the writings of Megasthenes (350–290 CE). In 1064 CE, Rajendra Chola I brought the province under Chola dominion; however, it is unknown whether he conquered the area or took it freely. Up until the early 13th century, when the second Pandyan kingdom was founded with Madurai as its center, Tirunelveli was ruled by the Cholas.

Geography

Tirunelveli’s average elevation is 47 meters, and its coordinates are 8°43′41.82°N 77°41′43.94°E. It is situated in the Deccan plateau’s southernmost point. The city is divided between the Palayamkottai region and the Tirunelveli section by the Tamirabarani River. The river, which receives its water from the northeast and southwest monsoons, is the main source of irrigation. The city has a number of tiny lakes and ponds. Among them are Udayarpetti Kulam, Elantha Kulam, Veinthan Kulam, and Nainar Kulam. There are five streams in the vicinity of the Tamirabarani River and the Chittar: Kodagan, Palayan, Tirunelveli, Marudur East, and Marudur West. The Chittar also supplies water to fifteen more channels. The red, sandy earth is easily broken apart.

Climate

The climate in Tirunelveli is hot and semi-arid, with a tendency toward the extremely uncommon dry-summer tropical savanna climate, which is found sporadically throughout the world but is more prevalent in regions close to the Laccadive Sea. Tirunelveli has a typically hot and muggy environment. The average temperature is between 25 and 41 degrees Celsius in the summer (March to June) and between 18 and 29 degrees Celsius the rest of the year. There is 680 millimeters of rainfall on average every year. October through December is when the northeast monsoon receives the most precipitation.

Demography

Tirunelveli has a population of 473,637 as of the 2011 census, significantly more than the national average of 929, with a sex ratio of 1,027 females for every 1,000 males. There were 46,624 children under six, 23,894 of whom were boys and 22,730 of whom were girls. The percentages of the population belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were 13.17% and 0.32%, respectively.

In contrast to the 72.99% national average, the city’s literacy rate was 81.49%. There were 120,466 households in the city. In all, 182,471 workers were counted, including 2,088 cultivators, 5,515 primary agricultural laborers, 18,914 in household industries, 142,435 other workers, 13,519 marginal workers, 166 marginal cultivators, 913 marginal agricultural laborers, 1,828 marginal workers in household industries, and 10,612 other marginal workers respectively.