
Alwarthirunagiri
Sign in to savethumb|Alwarthirunagiri main road Alwarthirunagiri is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is next to Srivaikuntam on the Tirunelveli - Tiruchendur Highway, Tamil Nadu, southern India. It's about 31 km from Tirunelveli and 29 km from Tiruchendur, on the banks of the river Tamirabarani. Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of alwar saint Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a "Divya Desam", the 108 temples of Sri Narayana revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Alwarthirunagiri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu#India3
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- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thoothukudi
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 8876
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Tamil
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5:30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village in India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Area
- 8
- Elevation
- 13
- Time zone
- Indian Standard Time
- Image
- Azhwar Thirunagari2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 4639
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- postal code
- 628612
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- Alwarthirunagiri
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Nammalvar
- Manavala Mamunigal
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Alwarthirunagiri main road Alwarthirunagiri is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is next to Srivaikuntam on the Tirunelveli - Tiruchendur Highway, Tamil Nadu, southern India. It's about 31 km from Tirunelveli and 29 km from Tiruchendur, on the banks of the river Tamirabarani. Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of alwar saint Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a "Divya Desam", the 108 temples of Sri Narayana revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.
==Demographics== India census, Alwarthirunagiri had a population of 9.289. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Alwarthirunagiri has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 74.4%;
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