Ulagampatti

The main economic activity in Ulagampatti is agriculture. There is not much industrial activity in this village. There is a small-scale rice milling factory located near the post office. Recently the government has expanded the road facilities connecting Ulagampatti to the National Highways.

Nagarathar business people are Hindus, predominantly originating in the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu. They have been trading with Southeast Asia since the heyday of the Chola empire, but in the 19th Century they migrated to countries throughout Southeast Asia. (See Tamil diaspora)

Nagarathars, (also known as Chettiars), were an important trading class of 19th and 20th century South East Asia and spread to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Ho Chi Minh City. Changing political and economic situations since that time have caused many of these communities to disappear as their members returned to India or sought other, more hospitable homes.

Chettiars were traditionally involved in occupations like moneylending and wholesale trading. Banks established by Chettiars include the now defunct Bank of Chettinad, and the now ICICI merged Bank of Madura founded by Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar (an architect par excellence, textile don, highly principled educationist and philanthropist), Indian Overseas Bank founded by Shri. M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettiar, and Indian Bank founded by Raja Annamalai Chettiar. Nagarathars are known for their philanthropy; building temples, and schools and maintaining them throughout Asia.

Ulagampatti is well connected by Roadways. State Government TNSTC and private companies operate frequent bus services between Ulagampatti and Ponnamaravathi (8 km), Thuvarankurichi (19 km), Singampunari (24 km), Kottampatti (26 km) Tiruchirappalli (71 km), Madurai, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Rameswaram.

• Ulagampatti Police Station [2]
• Ulagampatti Indian Bank[3] with Immediate Payment Service facility & Western Union Money Transfer
• Ulagampatti Post Office [4] (with Speed Post)
• Village Office (VO)
• Ulagampatti Government Higher Secondary School
• Ulagampatti Village Library

Ulagampatti is a Sub Post Office with and supports the following neighbouring Branch(B.O) post offices. Ulagampatti S.O, Kattukudipatti B.O, Kilavayal B.O, Mandakudipatti B.O, Neduvayal B.O, Tiruvalandur B.O, V.Pudur B.O, Varapur B.O.

• Ponnamaravathi
• Tiruppathur
• Piranmalai