Kalligudi

Kalligudi is a small town in Kalligudi (taluk), Madurai district, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Kalligudi Kalligudi, Chathiram
Town
Coordinates: 09°41′52.8″N 77°58′19.1″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Taluk	Kalligudi
Government
• Body	K. Vellakulam
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• speaking	Tamil, Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625 701
Telephone code	04549
Vehicle registration	TN- 58
Nearest city	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Thirumangalam
Civic agency	K. Vellakulam
Climate	Winter, 28-30°C, Summer, 30-32°C

Kalligudi Chattram is located on National Highway 7 (Jammu Kashmir to Kanyakumari Highway) from 35 km, south of Madurai and 15 km, south of Tirumangalam. Kalligudi village which was the original habitation is interior located approximately 2 km from the Highway. Over time due to the highway Kalligudi chattram became more populous.

Total population of Kalligudi panchayath is 3560.

Amenities

There is one Govt. Hr. Sec. School and one Govt. Primary School. There are seven temples, two mosques and two churches. There is a police station, fire service, 24 h service Govt. Hospital and a railway station. There are three banks; Canara Bank, Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank and MDCC Bank.

NGO Sitthar koodam runs a destitute children's homes Numkulandaigal illam.

Politics

It is part of the Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency) and Thirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency).

Festivals

The festival is Puratasi pongal, which is celebrated in the month of October. This festival is celebrated by the people of Agathapatti, Kalligudi, Alangarapuram and Pallapacherry. Another festival is "Muniyandi Swamy Annathana Pooja" which is celebrated at Vadakkampatti village on January.

"Mariyamman, Kaliyamman, Muthalamman kovil Pooja" are other festivals.

Adjacent communities

Vadakkampatti, Alangarapuram, Agathapatti, Lalapuram, Pottalpatti and Pallapacherry are the villages which comes under Kalligudi panchayath.

Surrounding villages are Vellakulam, Solampatti, Vadakampatti,Lalapuram (4 km), Agathapatti (2 km), Odaipatti (2 km), sennampatti (5 km), Karisalkalampatti (5 km), Sengapadai (3 km), Sivarakkottai (7 km), Rayapalayam (4 km), Puliampatty (5 km), T. Pudupatty (6 km) are the nearby villages to Kalligudi.