Pettai, Tirunelveli

For the rural area south of the rail line, see Pettai Rural.

Pettai, Tirunelveli
Neighborhood
Coordinates: 08°43′18″N 77°39′35″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
City	Tirunelveli
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	627004, 627010
Vehicle registration	TN72

Pettai is an industrial suburban area in Tirunelveli. It is approximately 6 kilometers of downtown Tirunelveli along the Southern Railway line to Tenkasi.[1] It is being administered by the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation.

History

Pettai actually got its name from the Vandi Pettais (godowns with cart-parking facilities). These Vandi Pettais were dealing with few agriculture commodities such as coriander, and chilli. Pettai is a populous urban area with many small-scale industries.

When the Co-operative Spinning Mill was in operation, people from across Tamil Nadu flocked here for the employment in this mill. Most of them settled here.

Demographics

At the 2001 census, Pettai had 26,060 inhabitants, with 13,434 males and 12,526 females.[2][3]

Economy

Pettai Industrial Estate is operated by SIDCO.[4] The major products manufactured here are PVC pipes, tanks, cooking utensils, nails, mattresses, etc. TANSI is also operated inside this estate. Government ITI and MSME are also present.

Pettai Bazaar serves as a shopping hub for the nearby villages.

Cityscape

Cuisine

Pettai is famous for evening snacks such as Vadai and Murukku. They are famous because they are fried in the oils produced at traditional oil mills here. Chekkadi had many chekku (traditional oil mills). It is also famous for Parotta stalls. Earlier only Pettai hotels served parottas during lunch along with rice.

Famous Person

Quide Millath. On his remembrance, the government hospital in has been renamed. The Cheranmahadevi road flows within Pettai is also named after him as Quaid e Millath Road.

Educational Institutions

Though Pettai is situated near the Oxford of South India (Palayamkottai), it also has established educational institutions.

• Government ITI[5]
• Kamarajar Higher Secondary School
• MDT Hindu College[6]
• Rani Anna Girls' School
• St. Antony's High School

Apart from this, there are number of private schools serving for the Pettai Public.

Notes

1. "PEA/Pettai Railway Station Satellite Map". India Rail Info. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016.
2. "Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations - Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. 2001 Census Village Code = 1603800, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 288. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011.
4. "TANSIDCO". www.sidco.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
5. GOVTITI. "GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE - PETTAI TIRUNELVELI". www.nellai.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
6. "MDT Hindu College Tirunelveli Tamilnadu India". www.mdthinducollege.org. Retrieved 10 September 2016.