Bargur (also known as Barguru) is a town panchayat in Krishnagiri district

Krishnagiri District

Krishnagiri is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district headquarters. In Tamil Nadu, E-Governance was first introduced at Krishnagiri district under the National e-Governance Project in Revenue, Social Welfare departments on a pilot basis...

 in the state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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Geography

Bargur is located at 12.55°N 78.37°E. It has an average elevation of 533 m (1,748.7 ft).

Education

There is a government college of engineering started (in 1994) with three branches (EEE, ECE & CSE). It has hostel facilities for both boys and girls. This engineering college is the youngest of the 6 government engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. It is affiliated to Anna university as a constituent college. There is a bill introduced in the State Assembly to delink its Constituent college status and revert it back to government control with affiliation to Anna University.

The college was originally housed in 2 buildings within the government polytechnic campus krishnagiri. It was shifted to its present campus at Bargur in July 2000.

There is a Polytechnic in Bargur managed by Institute of Road and Transport Technology (IRTT).It has 3 branches(EEE, ECE & CSE).

There is a Government Women's Arts and Science college at Bargur

Economy

Bargur is famous for its mango fruits and export oriented fruit processing factories.
Bargur has a famous Textile Market with turnover of crores and crores of rupees.
This is surprising as there is not a single textile mill at Bargur. The textile market shops are whole sale and retailers also.
List of Textile Markets:-
1)Barugur Textile Market
2)B.S.T.Textile Market
3)Barugur Main Road Market
4)Kalaignar Textile Market
5)Ayyapa Textile Market
6)Surat Textile Market
7)New Kalaignar Textile Market
8)New Surat Textile Market
9)Maris Textile Market etc.
One more market is under construction.
Bargur is famous for Granite Factories.There are more than 100 granite factories available in barugur and they do export for foreign countries.
Barugur is famous for Bluemetal factories also...

Schools

List of Higher Secondary School(s) in Bargur
1)Concordia Higher Secondary School,
2)Concord Matric Higher Secondary School,
3)Government Higher Secondary School(Boys),
4)Government Higher Secondary School(Girls),
5)Velankanni Matric Higher Secondary School
6)st.pauls matriculation school
7)Kanakadhasa matriculation school
8)Selva Matric Higher Sec School

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Bargur had a population of 12,577. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Bargur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 year