Moolakaraipatti

Moolakaraipatti is a Panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It's an ancient town from the days of Pandyas. Now a Days Class Municipality. The old temple relics in that area speaks for itself. The Muslim and Christian settlement here is also from old days. The main communities here are reddyiar,Konar, Nadars,Sambavars,Parayars,Thevar and Muslims along with other backward communities. People are very hardworking. The Konthankulam Bird Sanctuary is 4 km from here. A British English School, The Reach School. A Higher Secondary School and a Polytechnic adorns this township. A petrol pump is a km away. A good hospital, TNEB distribution station, a solar power station, Police Station and large number of shops constituting a bazaar lies in the main centre. Agriculture is the main income. A good cinema hall lies closed because of the general public non interest in such entertainments. The richness of the soil here produce the best rice, dal, pies, tapioca, plantains, sweet potato, all vegetables, which are sold at Tirunelveli and Valliyoor Market. Cattle rearing and Milk produce are also a business here.

Moolakaraipatti
city
Moolakaraipatti Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°32′31″N 77°45′57″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Population  (2001)
• Total	9,484
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Moolakaraipatti had a population of 9484. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Moolakaraipatti has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 64%. In Moolakaraipatti, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Moolaikaraipatti is one of the famous town panchayat in tirunelveli district

Located in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, Moolaikaraipatti is a prominent `panchayat town`. It is situated in the south of Tirunelveli at a distance of 22 km, in the east of Munradaippu at a distance of 10 km, and 15 km. from Nanguneri. The nearest railway station is the Nanguneri Railway Station and the Tuticorin Airport at a distance of 31 km.

Major attractions around Moolaikaraipatti are Kalakadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Kunthakulam Bird Sanctuary, Valliyur Subramanyar Temple, Radhapuram Shiva Temple and Tirukkurungudi Temple. Alwar Tirunagari, a popular Vaishnavite center is located in the east of Moolaikaraipatti at a distance of 19 km.

Main Job: Agriculture :

Agriculture plays a Vital role in the District's economy. The important food crops are Paddy, Cholam, Ragi, Cumbu Maize and other minor millets. The commercial crops are Cotton, Chillies, Sugarcane and Groundnut.

Education

Ramana Polytechnic College

Is one of the famous college available in Moolaikaraipatti.

"New generation technical and educational institution providing quality education on modern trends with social and human values"

The college campus has been created in the rural area of Tirunelveli District in Moolaikaraipatti of Nanguneri Taluk. The institution enables to provide sufficient skill enablement, capacity building and quality technical education to the rural youths and also strive forward to provide urban amenities in rural area (PURA).

The institution has an objective to meet out the present day requirement of employmental opportunities in the various industrial domains. Keeping this in mind, the institution has introduced the following technical courses

• Civil Engineering,
• Mechanical Engineering,
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
• Electronics and Communication Engineering and
• Computer Engineering

In order to maintain high standards, the Institution appointed qualified and experienced faculty to teach and train the students to suit the industrial requirements. The institution emphasized on the development of innovative and creativity, good communication, team working abilities to among the students.

Institution has desired to give scholarships and concession fees to the deserving students and creation of various endowments to give away awards for the successful students in academics, sports and extra curricular activities. The established departments will impart quality education and necessary skill enablement with knowledge dissemination in focus. The academic schedule of each department which includes

- ''Course works - Practical as per the prescribed syllabus - Creating facilities to access information related to latest developments in the respective domains - Creating opportunities for training and education - Seminar and symposia - Workshop and technology tie ups - Industry – Institute interaction - Personality development and communication skills - Capacity building and skill enablement''

The institution is offering the best modern educational system, capacity building and skill ennoblement with the latest facilities to enable the students to face the rapid changes in modern technology and for developing potentially-oriented industries.

Schools

The Following schools are available in moolaikaraipatti.

1. Government Higher Secondary School.
2. Reach Matric Higher Secondary School .
3. Panchayat Union Primary School.
4. Sakthi Matriculation School.
5. Vyasa Vidyalaya Primary and Nursery School.
6. Government higher secondary School (kadampankulam)
7. Government primary school (kadampankulam)

Religious

Moolaikaraipatti has many religious places of temples,Churches and Mosques. There is an important point is that even there is many religion diversity the peoples are unity in humanity.

• Churches

The Salvation Army Church,Seventh day Adventist Church,Church of South India,Sharon AG Church and New Jerusalem Church

• Temples

Poolaluudaiyar sastha Temple,Amman temple,Navaneetha Krishna Ganapathi Temple,Chettiyar community temple and etc..

• Mosques

Jumma Masjid

Travel

From Tirunelveli new bus stand we have lot of buses for Moolaikaraipatti. Buses which is going to Sathankulam , Thisayanvilai , Munanji patti all are should reach Moolaikaraipatti first.And also we have buses from Tirunelveli junction bus roots are 25A, 25B, 25C.

And also we have buses from the following cities Nanguneri , Sathankulam , Thisayanvilai , Tutucorin , Udankudi , Eral , Kalkad.

The following bus roots are followed from Moolaikaraipatti to other places

Route No	From	To	Via	Notes
65 A	Tirunelveli	Koodan Kulam	Sathan Kulam Thisayanvilai Aathankarai Pallivasal
65 C	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	PeiKulam Sathan Kulam
65 E	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	Kalungu Vilai Nedungulam
138 A	Tirunelveli	Periya Thalai Kuttam Thisayanvilai	Munanji patti Sathan Kulam
138 B	Tirunelveli	Aathankarai Pallivasal	Kariyandi Sathan Kulam
138 D	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	Kariyandi IttaMozhi
138 D/2	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	Kariyandi IttaMozhi
165	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	PeiKulam Sathan Kulam
173 A	Tirunelveli	Manappadu	Sathan Kulam Udankudi Kulasekara pattinam
225	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	Kariyandi
308	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam
165 X	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	PeiKulam Sathan Kulam	Limited Stops
M65	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam	Limited Stops
N65	Tirunelveli	Udankudi	PeiKulam Sathan Kulam	Limited Stops

Route No	From	To	Via	Notes
LSS	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam	Limited Stops
SFS	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam	Limited Stops
504 S SFS	Madurai	Sathan Kulam	Tirunelveli PeiKulam	Limited Stops
543	Madurai	Kulasekara pattinam	Tirunelveli Sathan Kulam Udankudi	Limited Stops
110	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam	Special Bus
601 B	Tirunelveli	Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam	Special Bus
144	Tirunelveli	Thisayan Vilai	PeiKulam	Special Bus (Night)
Sri Ramamurthy	Tirunelveli	Thisayanvilai	Munanji patti Kariyandi
Sri Rampopular	Tirunelveli	Periya Thalai Sathan Kulam	PeiKulam
P.T Shanmugam	Tirunelveli	Kariyandi Venkatraya Puram	Munanji patti

Route No	From	To	Via	Notes
7	Nanguneri Vallioor	Kariyandi Serakulam	Koonthan Kulam Nagal Kulam
A7	Nanguneri	Vijaya Acchampadu	Kariyandi
141	Nanguneri	Munanji patti/ Moolaikaraipatti
RKS	Nanguneri	Aathoor	Munanji patti Eral
P.T Shanmugam	Nanguneri	Kariyandi Sathan Kulam	Munanji patti
Krishnaveni	Nanguneri	Moolaikaraipatti	Shenbaga Rama Nallur Straight	1 Bus 3 Buses

Tourist spots

The following tourist part are situated around Moolaikaraipatti..

Courtallam is situated at the Western Ghats in Tenkasi Taluk. The famous waterfalls on rocks and tiny droplets are sprinkled in the air. The water falls of Courtalam have medicinal value as they run through forest and herbs before their descent.

Pappanasam Agasthiar falls also attracts tourist and pilgrims. There is a Wild life sanctuary at Mundanthurai and Kalakadu. Spotted deers, Liontailed monkeys, Elephants and Tigers are plenty.

Tourist Centres

• Courtalam: Main falls, Old Falls, Five Falls, Honey Falls, Tiger Falls and Boating
• Papanasam: Dam site, Agasthiar falls and Temple
• Manimuthar:Dam site and falls
• Mundanthurai: Wild life Sanctuary
• Kalakadu:Wild life sanctuary
• Koondhankulam: Birds sanctuary 5 km from Moolaikaraipatti
• Tirunelveli: District Science Center and Temple

Religious Significance

The Nellaiappar temple at Tirunelveli, Sankaranainar temple at Sankarankoil,Kasiviswanathar temple at Tenkasi and Vanamamalai Temple at Nanguneri are the landmarks of the District signifying the Hindu Culture. .

Palayamkottai has many Christian missions and Athankaraipallivasal & Pottalpudur Darga have considered to be important sacred places for Muslims.

Kalakadu Temples

• 
  Raja Gopuram
• 
  Nandi
• 
  Gopuram and Vimanam
• 
  Praharam
• 
  Yaali
• 
  Yaali

References

1. "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.