Pattukkottai
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Pattukkottai is a town in the Thanjavur district
of Tamil Nadu
, India
. It forms the headquarters of the Pattukkottai taluk
of Thanjavur district and is one of the three municipalities in the district.
. It became a part of Tanjore district
in 1801.
Having a population of 7,503 in 1901, Pattukkottai experienced a population splurge between 1941 and 1981, when its population quadrupled. Sri Puradhana Vaneswarar temple is the most important Hindu temple in Pattukkottai and is of considerable antiquity.
is just 12 km away, with Manora fort
15 km away from this town.
Pattukkottai lies on an extremely dry, rugged plateau. The Pattukkottai division
is the only division of Thanjavur district
which is not watered either by the Kaveri River
or any of its tributaries.Pattukkottai comes under the "As" region of the Köppen climate classification
, as it is situated in Tropical region and receive its maximum rainfall during the winter months from October, November and December. Due to its geographical position, Pattukkottai experiences Hot and Humid climate and there is no extreme variation in seasonal temperature. As it is nearer to equator, the summer season starts from April and extends till early June. This period observes the hottest part of the year, locally known as "Agni Nakshatram" or "Khatri".
The municipality of Pattukkottai was constituted on April 1, 1965 covering an area of 21.83 sq. kilometres. Pattukkottai was upgraded to a second-grade municipality on April 1, 1975 and a first-grade municipality on April 7, 1984. Presently, it is a
selection-grade municipality and consists of 33 wards. The municipality is sub-divided into five revenue villages - Nadiyambal Puram, Kailasanathapuram, Maharajasamudram, Rengojiyappa Thottam and Pappaveli Palayamkottai.
Water supply and waste management are handled by the municipality. The town gets an average of 7.65 million litres of water everyday from the Sathankadu head works pumped from 3 pumping stations. There are a total of 32 kilometres of drains in the town.
Pattukkottai has a total of 63 kilometres of metalled roads, 9.5 kilometres of cemented roads and 0,1 kilometre of unsurfaced roads. The municipality maintains 5 parks, 5 shopping complexes and a daily market.
Pattukkottai is a MLA constituency and has been a part of the Thanjavur parliamentary constituency from 2009. Prior to that, it fell within the Pudukkottai
constituency. As per the latest draft electoral rolls released by the election commission, the Pattukottai assembly segment comprises 1,77,798 voters (85,476 male and 83,902 female). Besides Pattukkottai Municipality, the Assembly segment includes Madukkur Town Panchayat, Adiramapattinam Town Panchayat and a number of villages.
notes that Pattukkottai had the largest portion of zamindari and inam lands in Thanjavur district.
Agriculture, using water from the Kaveri River
for irrigation, is the mainstay of the area, though the town hosts a number of other businesses. Paddy and Coconut are the major crops. Pattukkottai was declared a "coir cluster" in September 2007 in order to promote traditional coir-based industries.
In Tamil Nadu after Pollachi
, coconut cultivation has been extensively done in Pattukkottai surroundings on 30,000 hectares. Pattukottai has been declared a Coir Cluster under a Central scheme called "Scheme Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries" (SFURT).< A coconut complex at Ponnvarayankottai near Pattukottai is to be constructed at a cost of Rs.4 crore which will have sections for trading, grading coconuts and separating copra, drying yard, shops for traders, restrooms, information centre and parking lots. It would be expanded in future depending upon the needs of farmers. There are also demands to set up industries to promote Coir-related products with value addition.
Tamil
is the official language and is predominantly spoken. The most commonly used dialects is the Central Tamil dialect
. English
is widely understood in the town area.
, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Kumbakonam
, Thiruthuraipoondi
, Mannargudi
, Pudukkottai
, Aranthangi
and Karaikudi
. Pattukkottai forms a part of the division no. 1 of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation which is headquartered at Kumbakonam.The town has one bus depot for inter-city bus services. Pattukkottai comes under Tiruchirappalli division of the Southern Railway
. There have been plans to extend the Mannargudi-Needamangalam
broad gauge
line to Pattukkottai.
.
Besides regional players like Bombay Sweets etc. have footprint here.
Apart from cinemas, others places of interest are:
As the Cauvery delta region is known for temples, people also visit holy towns like Kumbakonam
, Thanjavur, Velankanni, Tirunallar
and Nagore.
, The New Indian Express, Business Line and Deccan Chronicle are available in Pattukkottai. LPT - 54,100 W Range 15 KM Transmitter of Doordarshan Kendra Chennai has been installed in Pattukkottai. This town has various local TVs like PCV, GEN TV besides the satellite channels like Star Vijay
, Sun, Raj, Jaya and others.
Among Radio channels, All India Radio
's Tiruchirapalli AM station and FM channels like Kodai Rainbow FM and FM channels of Tiruchirapalli and Karaikal are being listened by people here.
The Mobile networks available in Pattukkottai are:
Thanjavur District
Thanjavur District is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur.-Geography:...
of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It forms the headquarters of the Pattukkottai taluk
Pattukkottai taluk
Pattukkottai taluk is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Pattukkottai. It is the biggest taluk in the district.- Population :...
of Thanjavur district and is one of the three municipalities in the district.
History
According to an inscription, the fortress of Pattukkottai was constructed by Vanaji Pandithar, a feudatory of the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Shahuji I in 1686-87.Pattukkottai was ruled by the Thanjavur Marathas till 1799, when it was annexed by the British East India CompanyBritish East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
. It became a part of Tanjore district
Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)
Tanjore district was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam and the Aranthangi taluk of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu...
in 1801.
Having a population of 7,503 in 1901, Pattukkottai experienced a population splurge between 1941 and 1981, when its population quadrupled. Sri Puradhana Vaneswarar temple is the most important Hindu temple in Pattukkottai and is of considerable antiquity.
Geography
Pattukkottai 10.43°N 79.32°E is located along the southeast coast of India in the East-central region of Tamil Nadu. Pattukkottai Municipality covers an area of 21.83 km2., and has an average elevation of 5 meters (16 feet). Pattukkottai is 48 km from the city of Thanjavur. The coast of the Bay of BengalBay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
is just 12 km away, with Manora fort
Manora (fort)
The Manora fort is situated 65-km away from Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. The fort was built by Maratha ruler Serfoji II in 1814-1815 to commemorate the successful advance of the British over Napoleon Bonaparte. It is an 8-storied, hexagonal tower, which is 230-meters high overlooking the Bay of...
15 km away from this town.
Pattukkottai lies on an extremely dry, rugged plateau. The Pattukkottai division
Pattukkottai division
Pattukkottai division is a revenue division in the Thanjavur district of Taml Nadu, India. It comprises the coastal taluks of Pattukkottai and Peravurani....
is the only division of Thanjavur district
Thanjavur District
Thanjavur District is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur.-Geography:...
which is not watered either by the Kaveri River
Kaveri River
The Kaveri , also spelled Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river. The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the...
or any of its tributaries.Pattukkottai comes under the "As" region of the Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
, as it is situated in Tropical region and receive its maximum rainfall during the winter months from October, November and December. Due to its geographical position, Pattukkottai experiences Hot and Humid climate and there is no extreme variation in seasonal temperature. As it is nearer to equator, the summer season starts from April and extends till early June. This period observes the hottest part of the year, locally known as "Agni Nakshatram" or "Khatri".
Administration
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The municipality of Pattukkottai was constituted on April 1, 1965 covering an area of 21.83 sq. kilometres. Pattukkottai was upgraded to a second-grade municipality on April 1, 1975 and a first-grade municipality on April 7, 1984. Presently, it is a
selection-grade municipality and consists of 33 wards. The municipality is sub-divided into five revenue villages - Nadiyambal Puram, Kailasanathapuram, Maharajasamudram, Rengojiyappa Thottam and Pappaveli Palayamkottai.
Water supply and waste management are handled by the municipality. The town gets an average of 7.65 million litres of water everyday from the Sathankadu head works pumped from 3 pumping stations. There are a total of 32 kilometres of drains in the town.
Pattukkottai has a total of 63 kilometres of metalled roads, 9.5 kilometres of cemented roads and 0,1 kilometre of unsurfaced roads. The municipality maintains 5 parks, 5 shopping complexes and a daily market.
Pattukkottai is a MLA constituency and has been a part of the Thanjavur parliamentary constituency from 2009. Prior to that, it fell within the Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pudukkottai District was carved out of Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts in January 1974.It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District....
constituency. As per the latest draft electoral rolls released by the election commission, the Pattukottai assembly segment comprises 1,77,798 voters (85,476 male and 83,902 female). Besides Pattukkottai Municipality, the Assembly segment includes Madukkur Town Panchayat, Adiramapattinam Town Panchayat and a number of villages.
Economy
In British times, brass vessels, cotton cloths and mats were the main manufactures of Pattukkottai. In 1951, anthropologist Kathleen GoughKathleen Gough
Eleanor Kathleen Gough Aberle was a British anthropologist who was known for her work in South Asia and South-East Asia. As a part of her doctorate work, she did field research in Malabar district from 1947 to 1949. She did further research in Tanjore district from 1950 to 1953 and again in 1976,...
notes that Pattukkottai had the largest portion of zamindari and inam lands in Thanjavur district.
Agriculture, using water from the Kaveri River
Kaveri River
The Kaveri , also spelled Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river. The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the...
for irrigation, is the mainstay of the area, though the town hosts a number of other businesses. Paddy and Coconut are the major crops. Pattukkottai was declared a "coir cluster" in September 2007 in order to promote traditional coir-based industries.
In Tamil Nadu after Pollachi
Pollachi
Pollachi is a taluk of Coimbatore Rural district of the Tamil Nadu state of India. It lies in the southern part of the Coimbatore city around 40 kilometres from downtown Coimbatore. This is the second largest town in the District after Corporation of Coimbatore. Owing to the proximity to the...
, coconut cultivation has been extensively done in Pattukkottai surroundings on 30,000 hectares. Pattukottai has been declared a Coir Cluster under a Central scheme called "Scheme Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries" (SFURT).< A coconut complex at Ponnvarayankottai near Pattukottai is to be constructed at a cost of Rs.4 crore which will have sections for trading, grading coconuts and separating copra, drying yard, shops for traders, restrooms, information centre and parking lots. It would be expanded in future depending upon the needs of farmers. There are also demands to set up industries to promote Coir-related products with value addition.
Demographics
According to the census 2011 of India, Pattukkottai has a population of 73,097. Both Males and Females constitute 50% each of the population. The population under 6 years of age is 13.54%. The Literacy rate of this town is 83% much higher than the national average of 59.5%. Workers form 35.02% of the total population. The SC and ST populations are 5.86% and 1.06% respectively.Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
is the official language and is predominantly spoken. The most commonly used dialects is the Central Tamil dialect
Central Tamil dialect
The Central Tamil dialect is a dialect of Tamil spoken in the districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Tiruchirapalli in central Tamil Nadu, India and to some extent, in the neighbouring Cuddalore and Pudukkottai districts.Along with Madurai Tamil, the Central Tamil dialect is considered...
. English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
is widely understood in the town area.
Education
Pattukkottai has a total of 21 primary and secondary schools and a polytechnic college.There are two arts colleges - Meenakshi Chandrasekharan College and Enathi Rajappa College on the outskirts of Pattukkottai.There is also a library and an industrial technical institution in the town.Transport and coummunication
Pattukkottai is well-connected by road and rail with the rest of Tamil Nadu. There are regular buses to ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam , also spelt as Coombaconum in the records of British India , is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located 40 kilometres from Thanjavur and 272 kilometres from Chennai, it is the headquarters of the Kumbakonam...
, Thiruthuraipoondi
Thiruthuraipoondi
Thiruthuraipoondi is a city and a municipality in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thiruthuraipoondi is 330 km south of Chennai, 40 km west of Nagappattinam and 65 km east of Thanjavur.- Geography :...
, Mannargudi
Mannargudi
India census, Mannargudi had a population of 61,588. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Mannargudi has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Mannargudi, 9% of the population is under 6...
, Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pudukkottai District was carved out of Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts in January 1974.It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District....
, Aranthangi
Aranthangi
Aranthangi is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.-Demographics: India census, Aranthangi had a population of 34,266. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Aranthangi has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national...
and Karaikudi
Karaikudi
Karaikudi is a town in Sivaganga District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Chettinad literally 'Chetti land' in Tamil, is a collection of 76 villages/towns. Chettinad stretched from Ramnad District and Pudukottai State of 'British' India. The Chettiars, or more properly the Nattukottai...
. Pattukkottai forms a part of the division no. 1 of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation which is headquartered at Kumbakonam.The town has one bus depot for inter-city bus services. Pattukkottai comes under Tiruchirappalli division of the Southern Railway
Southern Railway (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
. There have been plans to extend the Mannargudi-Needamangalam
Needamangalam
Needamangalam is a Taluk in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 280 km east of Coimbatore and 318 km south of Chennai....
broad gauge
Broad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
line to Pattukkottai.
Banks & ATMs
As Pattukkottai serves as commerce and finance center for around 25 to 30 km radius, Banks and other finance institutions play an important role in the town's economic growth. Most PSU banks look always crowd. The ATM centers are becoming bustled with younger generation. The various banks in the town are:- Axis Bank (1 ATM)
- City Union Bank (1 ATM)
- Dhanalaxmi Bank (only ATM)
- ICICI BankICICI BankICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
(2 ATMs) - Indian Bank (1 ATM)
- Indian Overseas Bank (1 ATM)
- Karur Vysya Bank (1 ATM)
- Lakshmi Vilas Bank (1 ATM)
- State Bank of IndiaState Bank of IndiaThe State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
(3 ATMs) - Syndicate Bank (1 ATM)
- Union Bank of India (1 ATM)
Retail Stores
Several prominent Retail giants have their showrooms in Pattukkottai.- Bata ShoesBata ShoesBata Shoes is a large, family owned shoe company based in Bermuda but currently headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, operating 3 business units worldwide – Bata Metro Markets, Bata Emerging Markets and Bata Branded Business. It has a retail presence in over 50 countries and production...
- Entyce - Retail showroom of the National Textile Corporation (NTC)
- Hero HondaHero HondaHero MotoCorp formerly Hero Honda is a motorcycle and scooter manufacturer based in India. Hero Honda started in 1984 as a joint venture between Hero Cycles of India and Honda of Japan. The company is the largest two wheeler manufacturer in India...
(Abi & Abi Motors) - Khadim's
- Poorvika Mobile World
- TATA Gold Plus
- The Mobile Store
- Univercell - The Mobile Expert
- Vasanth & CoVasanth & CoVasanth & Co is a renowned chain dealer of consumer electronics and home appliances in Tamil Nadu, India. The company was started in year 1978 and has 39 showrooms across almost every town in Tamil Nadu and one in Pondicherry and Bangalore. The company is owned by H...
.
.
Besides regional players like Bombay Sweets etc. have footprint here.
Entertainment
The major entertainment for the PKT people is watching movies in theaters.- Annapoorna A/C DTS QUBE
- Arun A/C DTS PXD
- Ayya A/C DTS QUBE
- Deva Theatre
- Murugaiya DTS QUBE
- Neela DTS QUBE
- Rajamani DTS PXD
Apart from cinemas, others places of interest are:
- Manora (fort)Manora (fort)The Manora fort is situated 65-km away from Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. The fort was built by Maratha ruler Serfoji II in 1814-1815 to commemorate the successful advance of the British over Napoleon Bonaparte. It is an 8-storied, hexagonal tower, which is 230-meters high overlooking the Bay of...
, the beach and the Global village. - GBHSS ground, where youngsters hang around for playing, get together etc...
- Gandhi Park
- Udayamarthandapuram Bird SanctuaryUdayamarthandapuram Bird SanctuaryUdayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary is a .45 km² Protected area in Tiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu state, India at . The Sanctuary is mostly an irrigation tank that is fed by water from Mettur dam and by the northeast monsoon from August till December...
near Muthupet
As the Cauvery delta region is known for temples, people also visit holy towns like Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam , also spelt as Coombaconum in the records of British India , is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located 40 kilometres from Thanjavur and 272 kilometres from Chennai, it is the headquarters of the Kumbakonam...
, Thanjavur, Velankanni, Tirunallar
Tirunallar
Thirunallar is a small town in Karaikal, India, in the Union Territory of Pondicherry , and can be reached by road from the town of Kumbakonam which lies in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu...
and Nagore.
Media and Communication
All Tamil Dailies like Dinathanthi, Dinamani, Dinamalar, Dinakaran, Kalaikadhir and English dailies such as The HinduThe Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
, The New Indian Express, Business Line and Deccan Chronicle are available in Pattukkottai. LPT - 54,100 W Range 15 KM Transmitter of Doordarshan Kendra Chennai has been installed in Pattukkottai. This town has various local TVs like PCV, GEN TV besides the satellite channels like Star Vijay
STAR Vijay
STAR Vijay is a popular Indian entertainment channel broadcasting in Tamil. The channel is also available in several other nations as well. The channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
, Sun, Raj, Jaya and others.
Among Radio channels, All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
's Tiruchirapalli AM station and FM channels like Kodai Rainbow FM and FM channels of Tiruchirapalli and Karaikal are being listened by people here.
The Mobile networks available in Pattukkottai are:
| Network Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Aircel | GSM |
| Airtel | GSM |
| BSNL | GSM |
| Idea | GSM |
| MTS | CDMA |
| Reliance | CDMA, GSM |
| Tata Docomo | GSM |
| Tata Indicom | CDMA |
| Uninor | GSM |
| Videocon | GSM |
| Virgin Mobile | GSM |
| Vodafone | GSM |
Elected Representatives
| Year | MLA | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Nadimuthu Pillai | Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
| 1957 | R. Srinivasa Ayyar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | V. Arunachala Thevar | DMK |
| 1967 | A. R. Marimuthu | PSP |
| 1971 | A. R. Marimuthu | PSP |
| 1977 | A. R. Marimuthu | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | S. D. Somasundaram | AIADMK |
| 1984 | P. N. Ramachandran | AIADMK |
| 1989 | K. Annadurai | DMK |
| 1991 | K. Balasubramaniam | AIADMK |
| 1996 | P. Balasubramanian | DMK |
| 2001 | N. R. Rengarajan | TMC |
| 2006 | N. R. Rengarajan | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | N. R. Rengarajan | Indian National Congress |
Eminent People
People born in Pattukkottai include:- R. VenkataramanR. VenkataramanRamaswamy Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of India....
(1910-2009) - Honorable former President of India, 1st elected MP from Thanjavur. - V. Nadimuthu Pillai - 1st MLA from Pattukkottai constituency.Dt Board chairman' and member of constitution Assembly of india.
- V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (1920-2000) - Popularly known as "Navalar Nedunchezhiyan", Ex Finance Minister & acting CM when MGR fell ill.
- S.D. Somasundaram (1922-2001) - former State Minister.
- KalyanasundaranarKalyanasundaranarMakkal Kavignar Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram . He is known for his Poet & Thoughts. He is well known poet, flim song writer, thinker, tamil scholar and communist.-Early Years:...
(1930-1959) - Poet, being called as "Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram". - Vijayakumar (actor).
- V. N. Swaminathan - Congress leader.
- K.Mahendran- All India secretory to Indian Youth Congress
- Anjanenjan Azhakiri - a DMK Leader, sacrificed life in anti-Hindi agitations.
- Prabakar - Writer, known as Pattukkottai Prabakar.
- Boopathy Pandian - Film Director.
- Veerasingam - Film Director.
See also
- List of state highways in Tamil Nadu
- Elections in Tamil NaduElections in Tamil NaduElections in Tamil Nadu are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the Lok Sabha. There are 234 assembly constituencies and 39 Lok Sabha constituencies...
- DD ChennaiDD ChennaiDD Chennai formerly known as DD Madras is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Chennai.-History:Doordarshan Kendra Chennai was inaugurated on August 15, 1975...