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About Kariapatti
Kariapatti is a town Panchayat city in district of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. The Kariapatti Town Panchayat has population of 18,984 of which 9,439 are males while 9,545 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. The Kariapatti city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.
From the Wikipedia article Kariapatti (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The rulers of Palaiyakkarar have divided the Thoopur, Karisalkulam, palayampatti divisions into Zameen zones and Kariapatti was used to be the border for each Zameen. They had used this place as their Business hub.
The place was very popular for the Donkey market. Hence, it was called as Kazhudhaipatti (Kazhudhai - Donkey, Patti - small town). It had been also called as 'Khadhiyarpatti' as there was a temple priest named Kadhiyaar. The place was further famous for a snack Kaara Sevu, as the reason the place was also called as Kaarapatti. Then this became Kariapatti in over time.
From the History section of Kariapatti on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Madurai International Airport (IXM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 18 km away.
- Mallānkinar 10 km southwest, about 10 min by car
- Pālaiyampatti 15 km south, about 15 min by car
- Chathirareddipatti 16 km west, about 16 min by car
- Aruppukkottai 18 km south, about 18 min by car
- Tirupparangunram 23 km north, about 23 min by car
- Madurai 27 km north, about 27 min by car
- Srivilliputhur 54 km west, about 54 min by car
- Dindigul 78 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kāraikkudi 85 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Ramanathapuram 87 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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