Pugalur

 

Pugalur

Pugalur is a panchayat town in Karur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

As of 2001 India census, Pugalur had a population of 5880. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pugalur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Pugalur, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its surface area is around 8 square kilometre.

Pugalur is the place where TNPL, a large paper mill is located. The other small towns/villages located in this panchayat are Pugalur, Moolimangalam Moolimangalam, Velayuthampalayam Velayuthampalayam, Pandipalayam, Sokkankadu Image:Sokkankadu.xls, The big town close to Pugalur is Karur. Pughazhi malai is a temple situated on a mount Aarunaatan malai in the centre of the village. This temple is devoted to Lord Muruga. and famously Temple in Eswar temple available in Pugalur, Eswar at see west side, it is called Megabaliswar(West Eswar)

BSNL, Aircel, Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone are the communication providers to this town Panchayat. The well penetrated landline connections are provided by BSNL again. The availability of internet is also very good(Mostly dial-up connections). Now BSNL has provided very good broadband internet connection.

The town has very good transport facilities in the form of Private Mini Bus, Government run buses, Autorickshaws.Private run Omni bus operate from the nearby town Karur and Velayuthampalayam to Chennai daily.
The pugalur(Code:PGR) has a railway station which is well connected to Erode, Coimbatore, Trichy, Chennai and cochin. Both passenger trains and express trains pass through this station. Pugalur Railway station takes pride in the fact that all the express trains passing this station have a stop in this station except the Shathabdi Express. TNPL has its own separate track diverting from main line which facilitates its freight services.
The nearest airport is in Trichy (87 km). Major Airport is located at Coimbatore (115 km). The nearest major sea port is at Chennai (450 km).

It is governed by Directorate of Town panchayat which has chairperson, Vice-chair and 12 ward councillors. They are the elected representatives of the town. Elections are conducted once in 5 years.

The town Panchayat has three primary Tamil-medium schools one each in Moolimangalam Moolimangalam, Masagoundanpudur and Kurukkapalayam. The most famous school in the town is TNPL Matriculation & Higher Secondary School, accredited with Five Star Status by Bharathidasan University, Trichy was established in 1984. This school is located within the TNPL Housing colony. Its students have entered the top medical and engineering colleges of the country. Many of its students are employed in big firms located in USA, UK, Australia and other countries of the world.The school will be completing 25 years this year(2009).A grand Silver Jubilee celebration was celebrated on 19 December 2009.

here are no cinema theaters in and around Pugalur. 'Annai Theater' and 'Caveri Theater' was functional a long time back but not now. One has to travel to 'Karur' or 'Paramathi Velur' for a movie. Most of the town residents have access to almost all television channels.
TNPL housing colony has excellent facilities like Tennis court, Badminton Court, Table Tennis Club, athletics ground, shooting range, etc. inside the campus.

The TNPL colony has State Bank of India within the campus. Its ATM is located just outside the housing colony which caters to the employee of the company and also the general public. Indian Overseas bank, Bank of India and Lakshmi Vilas Bank are located few kilometres away from the town.