Kattuputhur

Kattuputhur is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is at an altitude of 102m.[1]

Kattuputhur
city
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Coordinates: 10.9833°N 78.2333°E / 10.9833; 78.2333
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Elevation	102 m (335 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	11,115
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	621207
Telephone code	04326

As of 2001 India census,[2] Kattuputhur had a population of 11,115. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kattuputhur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kattuputhur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main occupation here is agriculture. Kattuputhur has one of the finest fertile lands in the Cauvery delta of Tamil Nadu. Paddy and Banana are grown alternatively through the year. The agriculture depends on the cauvery water mainly flowing in 3 km distance from Kattuputhur. The cauvery water is made available to the fertile lands of kattuputhur and surrounding villages through canal branching out from the main cauvery river. There are many small canals which provides water to the fields and there were mostly agriculture dependent people.A new dam was built between cauvery river for irrigational uses. It is the largest check dam in Tamil Nadu as dated. The dam also has a bridge which provides access to karur. By this it also has railway path in Mayanoor. Nearest Railway Station is Mayanoor

The Zamindar Higher Secondary School located in the centre of the town, caters to students coming from as many as 50 villages and towns around Kattuputhur. It has a history dating back a hundred years.There lived a zamindar who was a land lord during British rule thus the village was famous in before times. In addition to the Government higher secondary school, Santhosh vidhyalaya, and Infant jesus were private schools located here. Zamindhar Higher Secondary school is one of the old schools in the area. The school and the place was gifted by the Zamindhar family.

The town has a Bus-stand, Police Station, Government Hospital, Library and banks like Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Trichy District Central Co-Operative Bank, Kattuputhur Co-Operative Bank and the long awaited nationwide bank State Bank of India with ATM, the first one in this village providing ATM services.

Kattuputhur has a primary health centre located in the residential area. It serves approximately 500 patients daily.

BSNL, Airtel, Aircel, Reliance, Vodafone,Tata docomo,Idea provide telecom services in the town.

This town is connected to the nearest towns like Trichy, Karur and Namakkal by government and private buses. Both Salem and Trichy are at almost equal distance.

Now Kattuputhur has been directly linked with Chennai by facilitating a bus from Kattuputhur to Chennai. Broadband services is now available at Kattuputhur, BSNL, Icenet is the broadband service provider.