Koodal Nagar, Madurai

Koodal Nagar is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.[1][2][3] Koodal Nagar is well connected by roads that lead to Alanganallur area where Bull fight play is famous.[4] Koodal Nagar area is one of the 28 wards that were included after the year 2011, to Madurai Municipal Corporation which has 100 wards now that had 72 wards before the year 2011.[5]

Koodal Nagar, Madurai
Neighbourhood
Koodal Nagar, Madurai is located in Tamil Nadu
Koodal Nagar, Madurai
Koodal Nagar, Madurai
Koodal Nagar, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates: 9.964300°N 78.096600°E / 9.964300; 78.096600
Country India
StateTamil NaduTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai district
Elevation
166 m (545 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil language, English language
 • SpeechTamil language, English language
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625018
Telephone Code0452xxxxxxx
NeighbourhoodsMadurai, Goripalayam, Sellur, Arappalayam, Vilangudi, Thathaneri
CorporationMadurai Municipal Corporation
LSMadurai Lok Sabha constituency
VSMadurai Central Assembly constituency
MPS. Venkatesan
MLAPalanivel Thiagarajan
Websitehttps://madurai.nic.in

Location

Located at an altitude of about 166 m above the mean sea level, the geographical coordinates of Koodal Nagar are 9°57'51.5"N, 78°05'47.8"E (i.e., 9.964300°N, 78.096600°E).

Neighbourhoods

Madurai, Goripalayam, Sellur, Arappalayam, Vilangudi and Thathaneri are some of the important neighbourhoods of Koodal Nagar.

Transport

Road transport

So many Madurai City Corporation buses ply via. Koodal Nagar. Periyar Bus Terminus which is one of the key bus terminii in Madurai is located at about 7 km from Koodal Nagar. Koodal Nagar is also served by another bus stand viz., Arappalayam Bus Terminus which is just 4 km from it. One more Bus stand namely Anna Bus Terminus is situated at about 8 km from Koodal Nagar.

Rail transport

Koodal Nagar has a railway station in which some of the trains entering Madurai city stop for a while for the passengers to detrain.[6] Bharat Gaurav train bound for Amritsar and back departs and arrives from Koodal Nagar.[7] Madurai Junction railway station which is busy round the clock is situated at about 6.5 km from Koodal Nagar.

Air transport

From Koodal Nagar, Madurai Airport at Avaniapuram is located at about 19 km.

Education

Schools

Keswick Public School and St. Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School are some of the important schools in Koodal Nagar.

Politics

Koodal Nagar comes under Madurai Central Assembly constituency, with the winner of its legislative assembly elections held in the year 2021, as Palanivel Thiagarajan. It also comes under Madurai Lok Sabha constituency for which the parliamentary elections were held in the year 2019 with the winner as S. Venkatesan.

References
  1. "Koodal Nagar - Find link". edwardbetts.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. Indian Trade Journal. Department of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. 2010.
  3. The Catholic Directory of India. C.B.C.I. Centre. 2005.
  4. "இது சாலையா? மணல் மேடா? மதுரை கூடல் நகர் - ஆணையூர் சாலையின் அவலம்." (in Tamil). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. மாலை மலர் (6 December 2022). "ஆமை வேகத்தில் நடக்கும் சாக்கடை-குடிநீர் திட்டப்பணிகள்" (in Tamil). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. Parliament House of the People, India; Sabha, India Parliament Lok (2007). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat.
  7. The Hindu Bureau (1 November 2022). "Bharat Gaurav train service from Koodal Nagar on Nov. 3". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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