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Kaniyur is a suburb of palani which is also a town panchayat in Tirupur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kaniyur is also called Dravida Iyakkathin Thotti. It is one of the 'K' villages located near to [Udmelpettai].

Kaniyur
Panchayat town
Kaniyur Location in Tamil Nadu, India Show map of Tamil Nadu Kaniyur Kaniyur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 10.6111°N 77.3804°E / 10.6111; 77.3804
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupur
Metro	Dindugal
Railway Division	Madurai
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,180
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	+91-4252
Vehicle registration	TN 78

It is located on the banks of the Amaravathi River in Tirupur District. Kaniyur had a Sivan temple. It was an ancient period temple( approx. 1200AD). Kaniyur has an old mosque which was 128-years-old in 2015.

Agriculture is the main occupation of people. Sugar cane, rice, vethala kodikal are the main crops in Kaniyur.

Kaniyur is the junction of many villages to connect the town of Udumalpet, Dharapuram, Kadathur, Keeranur, Madathukulam and Palani.

Sri Venkatakrishna School celebrated its 100th year recently. Krishna Yajur Veda Padasala is in this village. President Abdul Kalam has visited this school.

Several Leaders of the Dravidian movement have been born in this town namely K.A. Murugesan, K. A. Mathialagan and K. A. Krishnasamy.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,[1] Kaniyur had a population of 15,200. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kaniyur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Kaniyur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

See also

• Kaniyooru

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090829003438/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx

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