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Thuraiyur
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Thuraiyur

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Thuraiyur is a municipality and Taluk in the Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was upgraded to a III Grade Municipality from Town Panchayat on 17 January 1970, and to a II Grade Municipality in May 1998. It was upgraded to Selection Grade Municipality in the year 2008. It is also a taluka (administrative centre). It is located 310 km away from Chennai.

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Place details

Locality
Krishnapuram
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
32,134
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Air quality

55US AQIModerate
PM2.5
9.9 µg/m³
PM10
15.7 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Thuraiyur
Settlement.native_name
Theerthapuri
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Thuraiyur_mazhai.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
A view from Thuraiyur Perumal malai (hill)
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_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kongu Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Tiruchirappalli
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Taluk
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Thuraiyur
Settlement.government_type
Urban
Settlement.governing_body
Selected Grade Municipality

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Transport
  • Nearby places
  • Prasanna Venkatachalapathi Temple
  • References
  • External links

Thuraiyur is a municipality and Taluk in the Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was upgraded to a III Grade Municipality from Town Panchayat on 17 January 1970, and to a II Grade Municipality in May 1998. It was upgraded to Selection Grade Municipality in the year 2008. It is also a taluka (administrative centre). It is located 310 km away from Chennai.

==Demographics==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thuraiyur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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