Marandahalli

Marandahalli is a panchayat town Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located in the northern part of the district.

For the village in Kolar district, Karnataka, see Marandahalli, Kolar.

Marandahalli
Panchayat town
Marandahalli
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12.4°N 78.0°E / 12.4; 78.0
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
RegionKongu Nadu
DistrictDharmapuri
Elevation
581 m (1,906 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,451
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Geography

Marandahalli is located at 12.4°N 78.0°E / 12.4; 78.0.[1] It has an average elevation of 581 metres (1906 feet). Marandahalli is located 40 km from Dharmapuri and 80 km from Bengaluru and 9km from palacode.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Marandahalli had a population of 25,000. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marandahaālli has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 55%. In Marandahalli, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main industry is farming. More than 50% of land is coconut trees. Other farming activity like paddy, sugarcane, bananas, and tomato are also cultivated. Rainfed lands are used for groundnut cultivation. Well water is largely used for irrigation. There is also a river called "Sanakumara Nadhi" passing through this small town and that finally joins with Cauvery river at Hogenakkal. Tamil, Telugu and Kannada are widely spoken in the region.

Marandahalli and around this town has many tiny industries to manufacture coconut thread, coir, coconut powder. Also Ponmudi Theater, Angalamman Temple, CSI Zion church, Hatsun Agro Products Pvt Ltd Has a plant near by this town.

Marandahalli is currently under the Palacode Legislative Assembly Constituency.

Around this town there are hundreds of villages and nearly 100,000 people in those villages. For them it is the hub for transportation, hospitality and education.

Transport

Marandahalli has Road and Rail transports.

  • RAIL- Marandahalli Railway Station which is just 1.5 km from the Marandahalli Bus stand and it currently operates more than six passenger trains
  1. Dharmapuri-Bengaluru City DEMU
  2. Bengaluru city-Dharmapuri DEMU
  3. Karaikal-Bengaluru city passenger
  4. Bengaluru city-karaikal passenger
  5. Yeshwanthpur-Salem unreserved
  6. Salem-Yeshwanthpur unreserved.
  • Road - Marandahalli has many city connection roads available:
  1. Marandahalli - Chennai via krishnagiri
  2. Marandahalli - Salem via Dharmapuri
  3. Marandahalli - Hosur via Rayakottai
  4. Marandahalli - Hosur via Panjapalli Dam
  5. Marandahalli - Hosur via Vellichandai
  6. Marandahalli - Palacode via Vellichandai
  7. Marandahalli - Palacode via A.Mallapuram
  8. Marandahalli - Dharmapuri via Palacode
  9. Marandahalli - Krishnakiri via Vellichandai
  10. Marandahalli - Thenkanikottai via Panjapalli Dam
  11. Marandahalli - Anjetty via Thenkanikottai
  12. You get buses from here to Tiruppattur via, Palakkodu, Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri, Uththangarai.

Interesting places
  • Panjapalli Dam
  • Bettamugilalam Forest
  • Sanat-kumara-River
  • Sokkambatti - Sivan Temple
  • Senrayan Swami Temple - is a Perumal Temple and the celebration is mostly held in the month of Purattasi (Tamil calendar).
  • bolumalai - thimmarayasami temple
  • Perianji temple- This is an old Amman temple. The presiding deities are Irusathamman, Perianji, Perkodi Amman, Durgai amman. In the month of April/ May annual festivities are held for a week. The temple is situated on the banks of a river

References
  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Marandahalli
  2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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