Pavoorchatram
Pavoorchatram is a town in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Pavoorchatram | |
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village (Kallurani, Kulasekarapatti) | |
  Pavoorchatram Location in Tamil Nadu, India  Pavoorchatram Pavoorchatram (India) | |
| Coordinates: 8°54′52″N 77°22′40″E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tenkasi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Geography
Pavoorchatram situated in the foothills of Western Ghats, between Tuticorin and Quilon highway National highway. Pavoorchatram is 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Tenkasi and 45 km (28 mi) west of Tirunelveli, on the Tenkasi-Tirunelveli State Highway. The nearest popular train stations are Tenkasi and Tirunelveli. Pavoorchatram has a railway station .
Economy
As Pavoorchatram is connected by both road and rail, the town is growing rapidly in business and agriculture. The business of Pavoorchatram mainly depends upon agriculture. The agricultural goods, mainly vegetables and food grains, are brought to the market from the villages around Pavoorchatram and then transported to the different parts of the state and Kerala. The main crops are paddy, onion, tomato, brinjal, tamarind, green chili, red chili, coconut, mango, and snake guard. It act as a linking pin of the surrounding villages. It also has Timber and tiles business as a major share. It also a screen printing hub for near by towns, Johnson screen printing is the one of the finest printer. They provide variety of options for the rice bag, jute bag printing. And the vegetable market one of the biggest in the district.
Business
- Vegetable wholesale market .
- Wood Timber
- Xavier Timber
Clothing Store
- Arasu Textiles .
- Rajas Textiles .
Sweet Shop
- Kurinji Sweets
- Ravi Sweets
- Vidya Sweets
- Jonsy Sweets
- Nanba Cakes
Hotel's
- Hotel Janani
Medicals
Kasthuri Medicals.
Villages
Pavoorchatram located center for Keelapavoor, Selvavinayagapuram, Gurusamypuram, Kallurani, Sivanadanur, Velappanur, Kurukittanur, Kakaiyanur, Ramanathapuram, Kamaraj Nagar, GM Nagar, Muthumalaipuram, Thirumalapuram, Madathur, MadakannuNadaroor, Thippanampatti, Ariyangavoor, Kurumbalaperi, Vellakal, Chettiyur, panaiyadipatti, Kondalur, Avudaiyanoor, Madianoor, Podiyanur, Mailapuram, Vengadampatti, Pungampatti, Chellathayarpuram, Karisalur, Chinnanadanur, Nallai Poovanoor, Ariyapuram,vellaipannery pattty, Iyanur, Nattarpatti,arunaperi, nagalkulam, melapattamudayarpuram, rajapandi, magilvannanadhapuram, poobalasamuthram, Ramachandirapatnam, Kulasekarapatti, Melappavoor, Pottaloor and Pethanadarpatti, navaneetha krishna puram , Elangapurippatinam, veeraputhiranadanoor, Vaikalipatty, Chennaltha pudu kulam, is to connect district headquarters of Tenkasi
Educational Institutions
Pavoorchatram is playing a major role on improving education in an around. It has two higher secondary school (Boys/Girls), matriculation schools and primary schools. Also having a teachers training college and a polytechnic college which is best in Tamil Nadu. Many leaders came from Pavoorchatram and working good positions in and out of this country. These institutions created many doctors and Engineers
Schools
- TPS. Boys Hr Sec school.
- Avvaiyar Girls Hr sec school.
- St.Assisi Matric Hr sec school.
- Shalom matric Hr sec school .
- Annai velankanni matric hr sec school .
Polytechnic
- MSPVL polytechnic .
Hospitals
Pavoorchatram has many hospitals, some of them are best in the district. Raja hospitals is one among them. Pavoorchatram also has a scan centre, Sathya Scans, with state of the art imaging equipment .
Religion
Around 75% of population belongs to Hindu and 23% are Christians and remaining Muslims. Shree Vennimalai Murugan Temple is situated here on a small hillock. The view from the temple is splendid. It is having Shree Muppidathi Amman Temple.