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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kattuputhur
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]]
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| established_date = 1908
| founder = Zamindar of Thuraiyur
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| elevation_m = 102
| population_total = 11115
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 621207<ref>{{Citation|title=Locate Post Office|date=2021-05-07|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/Pages/LocatePostOffices.aspx?Pin=BusJCaZNpl8=|work=Government of India|language=en|access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>
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'''Kattuputhur''' is a [[Panchayat town]] in the [[Tiruchirappalli District|Tiruchirappalli district]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The town sits at an [[altitude]] of {{convert|102|m}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Kattuputtur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kattuputhur]</ref>

Kattuputhur is known for several Hindu temples.

== Population ==
The [[2001 Census of India]] reported that Kattuputhur had a population of 11,115 (5,546 male and 5,569 female). Around 10% (1058 individuals) of the population was under one year old (552 male and 536 female).<ref name="census1">{{Citation|title=Census of India|date=2020-11-30|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census_of_India&oldid=991490018|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-03-25}}</ref>

== Industry ==
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The main occupational sector in the town is [[Agriculture in India|agriculture]]. Kattuputhur has some of the most fertile lands in the [[Cauvery delta|Kaveri delta]] of Tamil Nadu. [[Rice]] and [[bananas]] are grown alternately throughout the year, reliant on water from the Kaveri delta, mainly flowing {{cvt|3|km}} from Kattuputhur. Water from the Kaveri delta is made available to Kattuputhur and surrounding villages through canals branching out from the main river.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muthuvairavasamy|first=Ramkumar|date=October 2015|title=Sand Mining, Channel Bar Dynamics and Sediment Textural Properties of the Kaveri River, South India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282614463|journal=Tectono-geomorphological Evolution of India|pages=318|via=Research Gate}}</ref>

Many small [[canal]]s provide water for the agriculture-dependent inhabitants. The [[Mayanur (Tamil Nadu)|Mayanur]] Check [[Dam]] south of Kattuputhur was built for [[irrigation]] purposes.

The nearest [[Railway Station]] is [[Maganoor|Mayanoor]]. The town has a bus stop, police station, government hospital, library, and a number of banks including [[Lakshmi Vilas Bank]], [[Indian Overseas Bank]], Trichy District Central Co-Operative Bank, Kattuputhur Co-Operative Bank, and the [[State Bank of India]]. The Kattuputhur branch of the State Bank of India had the town's first [[Automated teller machine|ATM]].

Kattuputhur has a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health center]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Kattuputhur Community Health Center|date=2021-05-07|url=https://www.aarogya.us/hospitals/kattuputhur-community-health-center-thottiyam|language=en|access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>

Internet and [[telecommunication]] service providers that cover the area include [[BSNL Broadband|BSNL]], [[Airtel India|Airtel]], [[Aircel]], Reliance, [[Vodafone Idea|Vodafone]], [[Tata Docomo]], and Idea.

== Transport ==
Travel to Kattuputhur may done by bus, taxi, or car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Tiruchirappalli/Kattuputhur|title=Tiruchirappalli to Kattuputhur - 3 ways to travel via train, taxi, and car}}</ref> Kattuputhur is connected to nearby towns such as [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]], [[Karur]], [[Chennai]], and [[Namakkal]] via government or private buses. [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] and [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]] are equidistant to Kattuputhur.

==Temple==
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Prasanna Venkatesa, a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Vishnu|Lord Vishnu]], is located at Kattuputhur village near [[Thirunarayanapuram|Thiru Narayana Puram]] in the [[Trichy district|Trichy District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The presiding Deity of the temple is [[Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Saidapet|Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal]] with Sridevi and Bhoodevi Thaayars. The Temple is around 300 years old.

== Shops and Establishment ==

# RGMS Stores, previously Raja Stores, started on 1993.
# Ramalingam Stores
# SSS Stores
# Muruganandham Stores
# Kanna Stores
# Aanandha Lakshmi Textiles
# Nagappa Textiles
# [https://rgms-departmental-stores.business.site/ RGMS Departmental Stores], started on 14 January 2021. This is the first supermarket to be opened in Kattuputhur.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Tiruchirappalli district]]

Kattuputhur - Revision history

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