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Pugalur
Pugalur is a municipality in Karur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It has two parts: Nanjai Pugalur and Punjai Pugalur. Nanjai refers to land with plenty of water, and Punjai refers to land with few bodies of water.[citation needed]
Pugalur is on the bank of the perennial Kaveri River. It includes many villages and towns. Among these, TNPL Pugalur is the most famous. Other villages include Kattur, Kattipalayam, Kattur, Mettupalayam, Moolimangalam, MurugamPalayam, Punjai Thottakurichi, Punjaipugalur, Salapalayam, Sokkankadu, Sottaiyur, Thirukkattuthurai, and Velayuthampalayam.[citation needed]
The highest temperatures in Pugalur are in early May to early June, usually about 34 °C (93 °F) and exceeding 38 °C (100 °F) for a few days most years. The average daily temperature during January is around 23 °C (73 °F), although the temperature rarely falls below 17 °C (63 °F). The average annual rainfall is about 725 mm (28.5 in) in Nanjai and 310 mm (12 in) in Punjai. These areas get most of their seasonal rainfall from the northeast monsoon winds from late September to mid-November.[citation needed]
The population of Pugalur is around 40,000 in Punjai and 15,000 in Nanjai.
The main occupation in Pugalur is agriculture. The crops grown are sugarcane, paddy, plantain, yuca or manioc (Maravalli kizhangu), groundnuts, maize, millet, and corn. In recent years coconut trees have become more popular with farmers. There is a Farmers' Market (ulavar santhai) in Velayuthampalayam where farmers sell agricultural commodities. In addition, every village and town panchayat has a Tamil Nadu Co-operative Society.[citation needed]
Employers include the EID Parry sugar factory in Pugalur, the textile industry in Karur, and the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL). TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse-based paper (made from sugarcane waste from sugar mills) in the world and is the second largest paper producer in Asia. It makes 4,00,000 tons of printing and writing paper and consumes one million tons of bagasse annually. It is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away from Pugalur. TNPL also has a 22 MW co-generation power plant in Pugalur.[citation needed]
Banks and bank branches include Indian Overseas Bank in Nadayanur and Kandhampalayam, the Bank of India in Velayuthampalayam, the State Bank of India in Kagithapuram, the Lakshmi Vilas Bank in Pugalur, and the Dhanlakshmi Bank in Pugalur.[citation needed]
Arunattarmalai, Velayudhampalayam (Pugalur)
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Pugalur
Pugalur is a municipality in Karur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It has two parts: Nanjai Pugalur and Punjai Pugalur. Nanjai refers to land with plenty of water, and Punjai refers to land with few bodies of water.[citation needed]
Pugalur is on the bank of the perennial Kaveri River. It includes many villages and towns. Among these, TNPL Pugalur is the most famous. Other villages include Kattur, Kattipalayam, Kattur, Mettupalayam, Moolimangalam, MurugamPalayam, Punjai Thottakurichi, Punjaipugalur, Salapalayam, Sokkankadu, Sottaiyur, Thirukkattuthurai, and Velayuthampalayam.[citation needed]
The highest temperatures in Pugalur are in early May to early June, usually about 34 °C (93 °F) and exceeding 38 °C (100 °F) for a few days most years. The average daily temperature during January is around 23 °C (73 °F), although the temperature rarely falls below 17 °C (63 °F). The average annual rainfall is about 725 mm (28.5 in) in Nanjai and 310 mm (12 in) in Punjai. These areas get most of their seasonal rainfall from the northeast monsoon winds from late September to mid-November.[citation needed]
The population of Pugalur is around 40,000 in Punjai and 15,000 in Nanjai.
The main occupation in Pugalur is agriculture. The crops grown are sugarcane, paddy, plantain, yuca or manioc (Maravalli kizhangu), groundnuts, maize, millet, and corn. In recent years coconut trees have become more popular with farmers. There is a Farmers' Market (ulavar santhai) in Velayuthampalayam where farmers sell agricultural commodities. In addition, every village and town panchayat has a Tamil Nadu Co-operative Society.[citation needed]
Employers include the EID Parry sugar factory in Pugalur, the textile industry in Karur, and the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL). TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse-based paper (made from sugarcane waste from sugar mills) in the world and is the second largest paper producer in Asia. It makes 4,00,000 tons of printing and writing paper and consumes one million tons of bagasse annually. It is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away from Pugalur. TNPL also has a 22 MW co-generation power plant in Pugalur.[citation needed]
Banks and bank branches include Indian Overseas Bank in Nadayanur and Kandhampalayam, the Bank of India in Velayuthampalayam, the State Bank of India in Kagithapuram, the Lakshmi Vilas Bank in Pugalur, and the Dhanlakshmi Bank in Pugalur.[citation needed]
Arunattarmalai, Velayudhampalayam (Pugalur)
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