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|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], Palkalai Nagar, Virattipathu and [[Nagamalai]]
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|blank2_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Municipal Corporation]]
|blank3_name_sec1 = [[District Magistrate|District Collector]]
|blank3_info_sec1 = Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
|blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]]
|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency]]
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|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Thirumangalam Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = [[Manickam Tagore]]
|blank7_name_sec1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
|blank7_info_sec1 = [[R. B. Udhayakumar]]
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'''Chekkanurani''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=India. Parliament House of the People |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHHVAAAAMAAJ&q=chekkanurani |title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report |date=1968 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aiyengar |first=Nagamangalam Kesava Narasimha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYvkAAAAMAAJ&q=chekkanurani |title=Minerals of Madras: A Comprehensive and Up-to-date Guide to the Mineral Occurrences in Madras State |date=1964 |publisher=Department of Industries and Commerce |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Madras (India : State) Legislature Legislative Assembly Committee on Estimates |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_0fAQAAIAAJ&q=chekkanurani |title=Report |date=1966 |publisher=Legislative Assembly Department |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3L_zk1lAhaMC&q=chekkanurani |title=The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences |date=1994 |publisher=Indian Council of Agricultural Research |language=en}}</ref>

Chekkanurani is located at an altitude of 193 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.941100|N|77.971600|E}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack - Chekkanurani |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chekkanurani&params=9.941100_N_77.971600_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

Chekkanurani has a Higher Secondary School viz., Keren Public School, from class Pre-KG to std. XII with 1,300 students totally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keren Public School - Chekanurani |url=http://kerenpublicchk.in/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=kerenpublicchk.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murali |first=Tarun |date=2022-07-22 |title=School children in Madurai dress up as chess pieces for a demo |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/school-children-in-madurai-dress-up-as-chess-pieces-for-a-demo/article65665345.ece |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> Also, a Government Polytechnic College, run by State Government of Tamil Nadu, is situated in Chekkanurani.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government Polytechnic College-Chekkanurani |url=http://www.gptcchekkanurani.com/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.gptcchekkanurani.com}}</ref>

During the surface excavation of earth, in the month of December 2022, near Chekkanurani, a carved sculpture of Kottravai (old deity goddess) was found, which is assumed to be 1200 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=செக்கானூரணியில் கி.பி.9ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு கொற்றவை சிற்பம் கண்டெடுப்பு! |url=https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/madurai/kotravai-sculpture-belongs-to-9th-century-ad-found-in-chekkanurani/articleshow/96427730.cms |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Samayam Tamil |language=ta}}</ref>

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Aidan93118681 at 00:48, 19 November 2023