Chittar, Tamil Nadu

Chittar
—  village  —
Chittar Location of Chittar in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	11°33′0″N 77°43′0″E / 11.55°N 77.716667°E / 11.55; 77.716667Coordinates: 11°33′0″N 77°43′0″E / 11.55°N 77.716667°E / 11.55; 77.716667
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Erode
Nearest city	Erode
Parliamentary constituency	Tiruppur
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Coastline	2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) • 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Climate Temperature • Summer	Normal (Köppen) •      102 °C (216 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 638311 • Telephone • +04256 • Vehicle • TN-36

Chittar is a village in Bhavani taluk of Erode district, Tamil Nadu.

Geography

It is located at 11°33′0″N 77°43′0″E / 11.55°N 77.716667°E / 11.55; 77.716667.

Location

Chittar is about 26 KM away from Erode Central Bus Stand and nearly a 13 km drive from Bhavani Bus Station. Stanley reservoir also known as Mettur Dam is 26 km from Chittar. Nearest railway junction is Erode and airport is Salem and Coimbatore.

River

Chittar is 1 km From Kaveri.

Administration

Chittar is part of Kesarimangalm Panchayat, Ammapattai Union, Bhavani (TK) Erode (DT) MLA constituency Bhavani MP constituency Tiruppur.

Festivals

Chittar Peoples celebrate the Sri Sakthi Mariamman Festival during the Summer vacation time (Month of May First Week) and lasts for one whole week.

Language

Tamil

Demography

Chittar had a population of 2,500. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chittar has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 66%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Occupation

Main occupation of the villagers is Agriculture. Main Turmeric, Sugarcane and Rice. Day-by-day new generation is adopting new occupations also like jobs, Business, going Near Towns ( Bhavani, Erode, Perundurai, Tiruppur).

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