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Sankarnagar

Sankar Nagar or Thalaiyuthu is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located about 8 km north of Tirunelveli on the way to Madurai on highway NH 44. The town is popularly called as Sankar Nagar (or Sankarnagar) because of the Sankar Cement factory which initiated settlement in the area.

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Place details

Region: Tamil Nadu
Country: India

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Sankar Nagar
Settlement.other_name: Thalaiyuthu
Settlement.settlement_type: Town Panchayat
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tirunelveli
Settlement.founder: Sankaralinga iyear
Settlement.named_for: Sankar Cements
Settlement.unit_pref

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Tirunelveli district
Area: +8.49
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Article

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Contents

Climate
Demographics
Industrial development
Employment activities
Educational institute
Sankar Institute of Polytechnic College
Sports
Festivals
References

There are two higher secondary school (Sankar higher secondary school and SJSSGJ Matriculation higher secondary school), 4 cotton mills and one government modern rice mill.