Uthangarai is a Taluk, Town

Town

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 Panchayat in Krishnagiri district

Krishnagiri District

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 in the Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 state

States and territories of India

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 of India

India

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.Also now Uthangarai has been announced as Constituency for State Legislative Assembly Election(from the election to be held on April 13 2011), with population around 1,85,000(approximately) Also it is a Reserved Constituency . This town comprises 185 revenue villages. Uthangarai is bounded by Vellore district

Vellore District

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 in the North and Thiruvannamalai district in the East, Pochampalli taluk in the West and Dharmapuri District in the South. March–June is summer season, July–November is rainy and between December and February winter prevails. Three languages namely Tamil

Tamil language

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, Telugu

Telugu language

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 and Kannada are predominantly spoken in this taluk. Major religions are Hindu

Hindu

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, Islam

Islam

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 and Christianity

Christianity

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.

Demographics

India census

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, Uthangarai had a population of 15,393. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uthangarai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 67%.


STD Code :04341

PIN Code :635207

Schools & Colleges

Name of the Schools

• Adiyaman Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai
• Christ Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai
• Government Higher Secondary School(B) Uthangarai, Uthangarai
• Government Higher Secondary School(G) Uthangarai, Uthangarai
• Senthil Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai
• SVMM Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai.
• Vivekananda Vidyalaya Matriculation school, Uthangarai

Name of the colleges

• SVM Arts and Science College
• SVM College of Education

Uthangarai is known for its High School Education. The schools located in this town are known for State Level Toppers in Higher Secondary Exams.

Railway Station

• The Nearest Railway Station is at Samalpatti
  Samalpatti
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  (6 km from Uthangarai), in NH-66 to Krishnagiri.

Temples Near Uthangarai

Hanumantheertham

This place is situated on the bank of Pennaiyar at a distance of 10 km from Uthangarai and traditionally associated with Tirtamalai. It is believed that Hanuman who was instructed by Lord Rama to get the water from the Ganges for his penance at Tirtamalai which he could not do it in time. So Rama was said to have done Asthrapryogam and got it. Disapponted at this, Hanuman was said to have thrown down the vessel in which he brought the holy water and this spilled water is believed to be the Hanumantirtha. The water is considered sacred and during the Tamil month of Aadi (July–August) people frequent this spot.