Booluvampatti is a small village in Thondamuthur City located in south Taluka of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, in India. It is 29.9 km from Coimbatore and 74.9 km from Palakkad.[1][2][3] This village is near the forest boundary and its farm land often gets raided by wild elephants.[4]
Booluvampatti | |
|---|---|
suburb | |
  Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 10°58′46″N 76°44′08″E / 10.97944°N 76.73556°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Region | Kongu Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 641109 |
History
editIt will be surprising to know that Boluvampatti is a medieval trade centre situated in the western bank of the Noyyal River.[5] Kottaimedu or Kattaikadu are the derivative names is an ancient mound found at the east of the Vellingiri hills. There were more than 50 acres of medieval period habitation mound was located at the Mr.Aruswmany's land. In the year 1980's, the State Department Archaeology conducted an excavation here and six trenches were laid in two successive seasons. Beautiful terracotta figures, Buddha figure, Insignia of Tamil and medieval period potteries were unearthed. Two notable sherds were unearthed one is with Tamil brahmi characters and another is with Vatteluttu.
Demographic
editThe local language in this village is Tamil. There are around 700 families in this village and the average population is 2400 out of which 1212 are male and 1,188 are female and children between ages 0–6 are 225.
Administration
editBooluvampatti is administered by Sarpanch (Head of the village) who is the elected representative of the village.
References
edit- ^ Staff Reporter (7 July 2015). "Survey to identify leprosy cases in Booluvampatti". The Hindu.
- ^ Palaniappan, V. S. (19 March 2014). "Attempt to treat elephant for injuries in Coimbatore". The Hindu.
- ^ Gautham, Komal. "Tamil Nadu stumbles in march towards swachh state | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Thomas, Wilson (26 November 2017). "Farmers take to WhatsApp to alert Forest Department". The Hindu.
- ^ Poonkuntran, R. "Archaeological Excavations Of India (Volume II). Dr. R. Poonkuntran, K.Sridharan, Dr. S. Vasanthi, V. Ramamurthi. Excavation Report, 2011". Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Archaeology. Perur regarding information is on Page 6. Retrieved 21 February 2023.