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Ulagampatti is a village located in S Pudur Panchayat Union of Singampunari Taluk in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Ulagampatti
Village
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Coordinates: 10.322211764923665°N 78.50730112877233°E / 10.322211764923665; 78.50730112877233
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga district
Government
• Body	Ulagamapatti Panchayat Union
Population
• Total	3,506 (as of 2,011)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	630410
Telephone code	04577
Vehicle registration	TN-63
Lok Sabha constituency	Sivaganga
Civic agency	Ulagamapatti Panchayat Union
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	22 °C (72 °F)

The nearest town is Ponnamaravathi, located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away. The nearest railway station is Manapparai, located 50.5 kilometres (31.4 mi) away.

Ulagampatti village has facilities including a bank, Lord Siva and Murugan Temple (Ulaganatha Swami Temple and Murugan Gnaniyar Madam) and elementary school.

The PIN code is 630410.[1]

Temples in Ulagampatti include:

• Ulaganatha Swami Temple (one of the oldest temples)
• Gnaniyar Madam
• Aanginayar/Hanuman Kovil
• Nambaiyya Temple
• Pillaiyar Temple
• Ulagampatti Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
• Perumal Temple
• Kumariya Temple

It is also called the village of Nagarathars due to the majority Nagarathar population.

Economy

The main economic activity in Ulagampatti is agriculture. There is not much industrial activity in the village. There is a small-scale rice milling factory located near the post office. Road facilities of Ulagampatti are connected to the national highways for ease of access.

Transportation

Ulagampatti is well connected by roadways. The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) and private companies operate frequent bus services between Ulagampatti and Ponnamaravathi (8 km (5.0 mi)), Thuvarankurichi (19 km (12 mi)), Singampunari (24 km (15 mi)), Kottampatti (26 km (16 mi)) Tiruchirappalli (71 km (44 mi)), Madurai, Dindigul, Coimbatore and Rameswaram.

Facilities

• Ulagampatti Police Station [2]
• Ponnamaravathi nearest Fire Station
• Ulagampatti Indian Bank[3] with ATM, Immediate Payment Service facility and Western Union Money Transfer
• Ulagampatti Post Office [4] (with Speed Post)
• Government Village Office (VO)
• Ulagampatti Government Higher Secondary School
• Ulagampatti Village Library

Telecommunications Network

Currently 4G LTE Services works at a acceptable level from the service providers like JIO, Airtel India, Vodafone India and 2G, 3G services from BSNL. Landline telephone using PSTN and FAX services are provided by BSNL.

Cable & Satelite Television

Digital Cable TV services are provided currently using CoAxial cables in the village. Direct to home satelite television is also used for receiving both government and private run TV channels.

Ulagampatti Postal Services

Ulagampatti is a sub-post office (S.O) of the India Post and supports the following neighbouring branch (B.O) post offices:

• Ulagampatti S.O & Padaminchi
• Kattukudipatti B.O
• Kilavayal B.O
• Mandakudipatti B.O
• Neduvayal B.O
• Tiruvalandur B.O
• V.Pudur B.O
• Varapur B.O.

The PIN code is 630410.[5]

About Nagarathars

Nagarathar business people are Hindus, predominantly originating in the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu. They have been trading with Southeast Asia since the heyday of the Chola empire, but in the 19th century they migrated to countries throughout Southeast Asia. (See Tamil diaspora)

Nagarathars, (also known as Chettiars), were an important trading class of 19th- and 20th-century Southeast Asia and spread to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Ho Chi Minh City. Changing political and economic situations since that time have caused many of these communities to disappear as their members returned to India or sought other, more hospitable homes.

Chettiars were traditionally involved in occupations like moneylending and wholesale trading. Banks established by Chettiars include the now-defunct Bank of Chettinad, and the now ICICI-merged Bank of Madura founded by Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar (an architect par excellence, textile don, highly principled educationist and philanthropist), Indian Overseas Bank founded by Shri. M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettiar, and Indian Bank founded by Raja Annamalai Chettiar. Nagarathars are known for their philanthropy, building temples and schools and maintaining them throughout Asia.

References

See also

• Ponnamaravathi
• S Pudur block
• Piranmalai
• Singampunari Taluk
• Tiruppathur

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