Location
Gudiyatham is about 170 km west of Chennai and 165 km southeast of Bangalore. It borders the state of Andhra Pradesh. Gudiyatham also has more than 500 small villages around the town.
Nearest Airport: Chennai
Nearest Seaport: Chennai
Nearest Railway Station : Gudiyatham
Nearest Railway Junction: Katpadi, Ambur
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Gudiyatham had a population of 91,376. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gudiyatham has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Gudiyatham, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Tourist attractions
Thirupathy-Thirumala is 100km from gudiyatham.
By road: From Chennai come to Vellore and from Vellore there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham. And from Tirupathy come to Chittor(AP) and from Chittor (AP) there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham.
Nearest dam " Mordhana Dam" very nice place. Enjoy the trip with family in summer season.
By road: from Gudiyatham to Palamaner
Commerce
Gudiyatham has a thriving small scale sector manufacturing safety matches, lungis, and beedis. The Republic of India's first national flag was woven here, by the Lalayakot Lungi Company and Shape for Thiruvalluvar (by Statue) was given by this people.
The town's Gengayamman Temple is famous and its yearly fair attracts more than a million people from around the state. The town has many movie halls, more 13 in the 1990s and has in total seven pettais or colonies. Kamarajar was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gudiyatham constituency; he became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a Legislative Assembly constituency.
Gudiyatham is famous for its gold jewelry market. Being on the Katpadi Jolarpettai railway line it is connected to Bangalore and Chennai. The handloom lungies which are manufactured in this town are exported to many Arab countries.
Other than these, there are two cotton mills running in Gudiyattam. One is Thirumagal Mills Limited and the other is Rajeshwari Mills Limited, where both employs considerable amount of employees. A farmers market has also formed on near Nellorepet every Tuesday for more than 100 years.
People
Major language is Tamil. It has a fairly large Urdu and Telugu speaking population. It has reputed educational institutions like the Rajagopal Polytechnic college, which is oldest and most reputed institutions in Tamilnadu.
Research Institute
The Sugarcane Research Station at Melalathur, Gudiyatham was started in 1935 under a scheme for sugarcane research of Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. From 1981 onwards it is under "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University", Coimbatore.
Major educational institutions
Colleges
Government Thirumagal Mills College of Arts and Science (http://www.gtmcollege.com/)
K.M.G.College of Arts and Science
Technical Institutions
Rajagopal Polytechnic College (http://www.rajapoly.org/)
Industrial Training Institutes
Schools Thiruvalluvar Higher Secondary School.
Shiksha kendra,pallikonda
Government Municipal Higher Secondary School.
Government Higher Secondary School, Nellorepet.
Government Girls Higher Secondary School
SeventhDay Adventist Matriculation School,Gudiyatham
Saraswathi Vidhyalaya Matric Higher Sec School,Sethuvandai
Crescent Matriculation school,Sedukkarai
St Johns English School,gudiyattham
Computer Services
Sri Sivam Shakthy Computers(MANOJ COMPUTERS),(9843923911).
Silicon Traders.(9443104926).
shree Universal Computers(Sugan Syatems), 9994882009
Major Fire Accident
In a major fire accident, five persons were charred to death on the spot and one suffered burn injuries at a matchbox factory located in Gudiyatham during the early hours of Wednesday.
The injured employee was rushed to the Gudiyatham Government Hospital for treatment.
. Routine work began at 7.30 am in the first shift at the matchbox unit owned by Vasan Match Industries at Bhuvaneswari Pettai in Gudiyatham. (Joker Brand)
Shift workers had started doing their job near the machine which sticks chemicals on match sticks, when a sudden blaze erupted taking everyone by shock.
In the fire mishap, five workers — Rathinam (54), Thangavel (50), Govindaraj (45), Gajendran (50) and Balaji (18) — were engulfed by the glowing flames and were charred to death on the spot. All the deceased hailed from nearby villages like Irranthaangal and Thattapaarai.
Another worker Doraisami sustained burn injuries and was rushed to Government Hospital in Gudiyattam.
Hearing the fire mishap at the matchbox factory, the rescue service personnel led by the Divisional Fire Officer in Vellore along with eight fire tenders mobilised from Gudiyatham, Peranampattu, Ambur and Katpadi reached the venue to extinguish the raging blaze.
The fire tenders and service personnel had to fight for over one hour to douse the flames at the matchbox factory.
Moreover, District Revenue Officer Suganthi, Vellore SP Arivuchelvam, Gudiyatham DSP Arul Raj and Town Inspector Vijayakumar came to the site of the fire mishap and supervised the rescue efforts of the fire service personnel.
The charred bodies of the five workers had been sent to the Government Hospital in Gudiyatham for postmortem. The government and police officials also visited the patient Doraisami who was being treated for burn injuries sustained at the mishap.
Gudiyatham MLA G Latha of CPM led her party cadres in the rescue mission at the matchbox factory. She also visited the Government Hospital to enquire on the condition of the injured admitted for treatment.
Gudiyatham Police have registered a case with regard to the fire mishap at the matchbox factory and further investigation is on.
Gudiyatham is about 170 km west of Chennai and 165 km southeast of Bangalore. It borders the state of Andhra Pradesh. Gudiyatham also has more than 500 small villages around the town.
Nearest Airport: Chennai
Nearest Seaport: Chennai
Nearest Railway Station : Gudiyatham
Nearest Railway Junction: Katpadi, Ambur
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Gudiyatham had a population of 91,376. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gudiyatham has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Gudiyatham, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Tourist attractions
Thirupathy-Thirumala is 100km from gudiyatham.
By road: From Chennai come to Vellore and from Vellore there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham. And from Tirupathy come to Chittor(AP) and from Chittor (AP) there are frequent bus service to Gudiyatham.
Nearest dam " Mordhana Dam" very nice place. Enjoy the trip with family in summer season.
By road: from Gudiyatham to Palamaner
Commerce
Gudiyatham has a thriving small scale sector manufacturing safety matches, lungis, and beedis. The Republic of India's first national flag was woven here, by the Lalayakot Lungi Company and Shape for Thiruvalluvar (by Statue) was given by this people.
The town's Gengayamman Temple is famous and its yearly fair attracts more than a million people from around the state. The town has many movie halls, more 13 in the 1990s and has in total seven pettais or colonies. Kamarajar was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gudiyatham constituency; he became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a Legislative Assembly constituency.
Gudiyatham is famous for its gold jewelry market. Being on the Katpadi Jolarpettai railway line it is connected to Bangalore and Chennai. The handloom lungies which are manufactured in this town are exported to many Arab countries.
Other than these, there are two cotton mills running in Gudiyattam. One is Thirumagal Mills Limited and the other is Rajeshwari Mills Limited, where both employs considerable amount of employees. A farmers market has also formed on near Nellorepet every Tuesday for more than 100 years.
People
Major language is Tamil. It has a fairly large Urdu and Telugu speaking population. It has reputed educational institutions like the Rajagopal Polytechnic college, which is oldest and most reputed institutions in Tamilnadu.
Research Institute
The Sugarcane Research Station at Melalathur, Gudiyatham was started in 1935 under a scheme for sugarcane research of Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. From 1981 onwards it is under "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University", Coimbatore.
Major educational institutions
Colleges
Government Thirumagal Mills College of Arts and Science (http://www.gtmcollege.com/)
K.M.G.College of Arts and Science
Technical Institutions
Rajagopal Polytechnic College (http://www.rajapoly.org/)
Industrial Training Institutes
Schools Thiruvalluvar Higher Secondary School.
Shiksha kendra,pallikonda
Government Municipal Higher Secondary School.
Government Higher Secondary School, Nellorepet.
Government Girls Higher Secondary School
SeventhDay Adventist Matriculation School,Gudiyatham
Saraswathi Vidhyalaya Matric Higher Sec School,Sethuvandai
Crescent Matriculation school,Sedukkarai
St Johns English School,gudiyattham
Computer Services
Sri Sivam Shakthy Computers(MANOJ COMPUTERS),(9843923911).
Silicon Traders.(9443104926).
shree Universal Computers(Sugan Syatems), 9994882009
Major Fire Accident
In a major fire accident, five persons were charred to death on the spot and one suffered burn injuries at a matchbox factory located in Gudiyatham during the early hours of Wednesday.
The injured employee was rushed to the Gudiyatham Government Hospital for treatment.
. Routine work began at 7.30 am in the first shift at the matchbox unit owned by Vasan Match Industries at Bhuvaneswari Pettai in Gudiyatham. (Joker Brand)
Shift workers had started doing their job near the machine which sticks chemicals on match sticks, when a sudden blaze erupted taking everyone by shock.
In the fire mishap, five workers — Rathinam (54), Thangavel (50), Govindaraj (45), Gajendran (50) and Balaji (18) — were engulfed by the glowing flames and were charred to death on the spot. All the deceased hailed from nearby villages like Irranthaangal and Thattapaarai.
Another worker Doraisami sustained burn injuries and was rushed to Government Hospital in Gudiyattam.
Hearing the fire mishap at the matchbox factory, the rescue service personnel led by the Divisional Fire Officer in Vellore along with eight fire tenders mobilised from Gudiyatham, Peranampattu, Ambur and Katpadi reached the venue to extinguish the raging blaze.
The fire tenders and service personnel had to fight for over one hour to douse the flames at the matchbox factory.
Moreover, District Revenue Officer Suganthi, Vellore SP Arivuchelvam, Gudiyatham DSP Arul Raj and Town Inspector Vijayakumar came to the site of the fire mishap and supervised the rescue efforts of the fire service personnel.
The charred bodies of the five workers had been sent to the Government Hospital in Gudiyatham for postmortem. The government and police officials also visited the patient Doraisami who was being treated for burn injuries sustained at the mishap.
Gudiyatham MLA G Latha of CPM led her party cadres in the rescue mission at the matchbox factory. She also visited the Government Hospital to enquire on the condition of the injured admitted for treatment.
Gudiyatham Police have registered a case with regard to the fire mishap at the matchbox factory and further investigation is on.
Trivia
This small town, could evolve into a hub for biofuel production, particularly pungam oil, which is recognised as one of the oils ideal for blending with diesel.(source: http://www.blonnet.com/2005/09/23/stories/2005092301661900.htm) Karanja oil, pungam oil, pungam oil cake, karanja oil cake, neem oil, neem cake manufactured are being exported.
This town was one of the highest endemic areas for leprosy in India with more than 2000 new cases detected annually in the 1960s. Even now the region has not reached the World Health Organisation (WHO)elimination target of less than 1 leprosy patient per 10,000 population. And that leads for the establishment of "The Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC)- Karigiri" which had a leprosy control program in this area that actively recruited patients for treatment with multi-drug-therapy (MDT) and still providing an extra ordinary treatment to those suffering of leprosy coming from surroundings.
This small town, could evolve into a hub for biofuel production, particularly pungam oil, which is recognised as one of the oils ideal for blending with diesel.(source: http://www.blonnet.com/2005/09/23/stories/2005092301661900.htm) Karanja oil, pungam oil, pungam oil cake, karanja oil cake, neem oil, neem cake manufactured are being exported.
This town was one of the highest endemic areas for leprosy in India with more than 2000 new cases detected annually in the 1960s. Even now the region has not reached the World Health Organisation (WHO)elimination target of less than 1 leprosy patient per 10,000 population. And that leads for the establishment of "The Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC)- Karigiri" which had a leprosy control program in this area that actively recruited patients for treatment with multi-drug-therapy (MDT) and still providing an extra ordinary treatment to those suffering of leprosy coming from surroundings.
