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Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway to southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Spread over an area of 2.68 km2 with a population of over 26,823, the economy of the town and Sengottai Taluk revolves around the cultivation of rice,coconut,Mango,clove and pepper. Sengottai is well known in Tamil Nadu as a major market of Dosa kal (commonly known as Dosa tawa). This town has lot of Black smith shops.




History


Sengottai was originally part of the Travancore Kingdom. In December 1851, the boundary between Tirunelveli and Travancore on the Sengottai side was clearly defined as proposed by General Cullen as early as 1846, and finally sanctioned by the Madras Government. Sengottai Municipality was constituted in 1921. In 1949, Sengottai was part of the newly formed state of Travancore-Cochin. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 came into effect from 1 November 1956, and consequently, the Tamil-speaking area of Sengottai taluk of Quilon district were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to Tirunelveli district of Madras State. Sengottai was reclassified from a Grade III municipality to a Grade II municipality as per G.O. No.85 dated 22 May 1998.




Demographics



According to 2011 census, Sengottai had a population of 26,823 with a sex-ratio of 1,035 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 2,642 were under the age of six, constituting 1,327 males and 1,315 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 10.06% and 1.21% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 78.09%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 7146 households. There were a total of 10,736 workers, comprising 114 cultivators, 674 main agricultural labourers, 1,923 in household industries, 7,435 other workers, 590 marginal workers, 14 marginal cultivators, 60 marginal agricultural labourers, 105 marginal workers in household industries and 411 other marginal workers.
As per the religious census of 2011, Shenkottai had 76.98% Hindus, 21.19% Muslims, 1.77% Christians and 0.06% following other religions.




Geography and climate



Sengottai is located at 8.59°N 77.14°E / 8.59; 77.14. It has an average elevation of 181 metres (594 ft). The town is surrounded by the Western Ghats in three sides and lies on the Tirunelveli to Kollam and Madurai to Kollam highways. The Harihara and Gundar rivers flows through the city.




Transport






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The National Highway NH-744 from Madurai to Kollam passes through the town. State highway SH-39 (Sengottai-Courtallam-Ambasamudram-Tirunelveli) links the major parts of the extreme south of Tamil Nadu, including Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari. The road also offers good freight connectivity to Tamil Nadu's second largest seaport, Tuticorin and Cochin Port.




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Sengottai's long-distance bus station, located on Madurai - Kollam Road, is served by buses from the government of Tamil Nadu's TNSTC Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, KSRTC Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and private transport companies. Several private and government operated services connect to Chennai, Bangalore, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Theni, Tirupati, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Trichy, Puducherry, Kollam, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Punalur, Kottarakkara, Ernakulam, Ooty, Gudalur, Velankanni, Tirupur and other major cities.
It has a bus stand in town and the region also has a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus depot.




= Rail

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The Sengottai railway station is in the Southern Railways zone/Madurai division of Indian Railways and falls on the Virudhunagar to Kollam line. The station code is SCT.




= Trains Arr/Dep From Sengottai

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= Air connectivity

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The nearest airports are as follows:-

Thoothukudi Airport (111 kilometres or 69 miles)
Trivandrum International Airport (104 kilometres or 65 miles)
Madurai International Airport (170 kilometres or 110 miles)
Cochin International Airport (236 kilometres or 147 miles)
Tiruchirappalli International Airport (311 kilometres or 193 miles)




Educational institutions






= Govt And Govt Aided Schools

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SMSS Govt Boys HSS
SRM Govt Girls HSS
Govt High School
Veera vanchinathan memorial middle school
Govt Middle school Kacheri Compound
M.M Middle School, SCT RS
AG Primary School, Keelur SCT
AG Primary School, Melur SCT
Ariyanallur Govt Primary School
Sri Jayadra Higher Scondary School
Thiruveni Vidhyalaya School.
jothi kurinchi vidhyalaya School.
The gurugull primary school.
Nivetha primary School.
Sri primary School,
Ssv primary School.




Banks


State Bank of India
Canara Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
HDFC Bank
Federal Bank
TMB Bank
Tirunelveli Co-operative Bank
Pandiyan Grama bank Sengottai RS
FINANCE COMPANY

Muthoot finance
Mini muthoot finance
Muthoot Fincorp finance Ltd
IIFL finance
Muthalagu Finance
Kadanthottu finance
Sri Ram Finance
IDFC first Bharath Finance Ltd
kosamattam finance
Sapthagri Finance Ltd
LIC

Life insurance corporation of India.
SHOW ROOM.

Sathiya Home appliance
Darling home appliance.
selva Ganapathi home appliance.
ST pandiyan home appliance
Indian Mobiles
Medina home appliance.




Entertainments & Tourism


Parks
Sengottai town has three parks. Muthusamy park near municipal office, Municipality park near pump house and another one is Musthafa memorial park located near Taluk Office shencottah.
Water falls

Courtallam water falls 5 km from shencottah
Old Courtallam water falls 11 kms from shencottah
Five Falls water falls 7 km from shencottah
Dams

Gundaru Dam (6 km From Shencottah)
Adavinainar Dam also known as mekkarai dam (12 km from shencottah)
Sri mulapperi dam - Puliyarai (12 km From Shencottah)
Thenmala Dam - Thenmala (28 km From Shencottah)
Temples

Thirumalai kovil 9 km from Shencottah
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Tenkasi 8 km from Shencottah
Aryankavu Sastha Temple 15.7 km from Shencottah
Achankovil Sastha Temple 27.3 km from Shencottah
Kulathupuzha - 40 km from Shencottah
Kottavasal Karuppasamy - 9 km tamilnadu border.
Puliyarai thatchina moorthy temple.
Ilanji Kumarar Kovil
Saiva pillyar kovil
sekadi Vinyagar temple
kulasekara nathar, Kulalvaimozhi amman temple.
nithyakalayani amman temple.
vandimalachi amman temple.
perumal kovil Temple.
Navanitha krisannan temple.
Sarguru Malayalasamy temple.
Sarguru Arumugasamy temple.
Suppan Setti Palam Sudalai Madasamy temple.
Eco Tourism

Five Falls eco tourism - Courtallam (6 km From Shencottah)
Thenmala ecotourism (28 km From Shencottah)




Villages


Vallam
Piranoor
Periyapillaivalasai
Moondru vaaikkaal
Irattai kulam
kathirvan colony
Shengottai Melur,
kannupuli mettu
kaduvetti,
Visawanatha puram
Subramaniyapuram




Notable People


Nigar Shaji - ISRO Scientist and Project director of Aditya-L1
Vanchinathan- Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary.




References






External links


Sengottai Municipality website

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