Elumalai
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Elumalai is a panchayat town between Mallapuram to Usilampatti road in Madurai district
in the state of Tamil Nadu
, India
. It is located in around the huge mountain.
, Elumalai had a population of 14,030. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Elumalai has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 45%. In Elumalai, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.It is surrounded by seven hills and it is famous for sathuragiri hill nearer to saptur.As it was surrounded by seven hills it is filled with greenaries every where.Due do failure of monsoon at recent days it became dry.But village people expect that their period will back after the kumbabisekam function for the temple of their famous god SANNASI which is under construction.
Madurai District
Madurai district is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the world famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of river Vaigai. Thiruparankundram is one of the major...
in the state 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 is located in around the huge mountain.
Geography
Elumalai is located at 9.87°N 77.7°E. It has an average elevation of 208 metres (682 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Elumalai had a population of 14,030. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Elumalai has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 45%. In Elumalai, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.It is surrounded by seven hills and it is famous for sathuragiri hill nearer to saptur.As it was surrounded by seven hills it is filled with greenaries every where.Due do failure of monsoon at recent days it became dry.But village people expect that their period will back after the kumbabisekam function for the temple of their famous god SANNASI which is under construction.