Why visit Kallakkurichchi
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About Kallakkurichchi
Kallakurichi is a first-grade municipality and the administrative headquarters of Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu, India. The district was formed as the 33rd district of Tamil Nadu by bifurcating Villupuram district on 8 January 2019. It covers 3,530.58 sq km across 2 revenue divisions and 7 taluks, with Kallakurichi located along NH 79.
From the Wikipedia article Kallakurichi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping2
S. Panchanathan Stores
Grocery · 0.7 km
Selling Grocery/Stationary/Fancy/Gifts
34/3 Kachirapalayam Road, Kallakurichi
Mo-Su 07:00-21:00
Kamala Electricals And Home Appliances
Grocery · 0.7 km
68/92, salem main road National Highway NH68, KALLAKURICHI
Mo-Sa 09:00-20:30
Schools, colleges and libraries2
History
The formation of Kallakurichi District was announced by the state government in January 2019 by bifurcating Viluppuram district. It became official on 26 November 2019.
The district is an agrarian with paddy, maize, sugarcane, black gram etc., as major crops. The district is mainly rain-fed / tank irrigated along with Gomukhi and Manimuktha river dams.
From the History section of Kallakurichi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Kallakkurichchi
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Getting there and nearby towns
Neyveli Airport (NVY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 64 km away.
- Kallakurichi 1 km south, about 1 min by car
- Tyāgadurgam 13 km east, about 13 min by car
- Vadakkanandal 14 km west, about 14 min by car
- Tiruvannamalai 56 km north, about 56 min by car
- Neyveli 61 km east, about 1 h by car
- Villupuram 62 km east, about 1 h by car
- Yercaud 82 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Salem 88 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Cuddalore 88 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Rasipuram 90 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Kallakurichi market, Ranjithkanth jayanthi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pakora of Kallakurichi, Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0
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