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**Tiruttani**
	Tiruttani
	Tiruttani Location of Tiruttani; in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	13°11′N 79°38′E / 13.18°N 79.63°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Thiruvallur
Population	38,502 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area; • Elevation	; • 76 m (249 ft)
• Pincode	• 631209

Tiruttani is a town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the main tourist centre in Thiruvallur district about 85 km from Chennai. Tiruttani hill temple is one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga. The hill has 365 steps indicating 365 days of the year. It is 15 km from Andhra Pradesh state. Tiruttani is well connected with both Railway and Bus transport facilities. Nearby Famous temples are Madhur Arulmigu Mahishasuramardhini temple, Nallatur Arulmigu Veera Anjaneya temple, Arulmigu Arumugaswami temple etc.

[edit] Legends of Tiruttani

Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna, first Vice President and Second President of India Born at Tiruttani on Sep 5, 1888. He has donated his property to Sri Subramania Swamy Devasthanam. In memory of this humble person, Dr.Radha krishnan Government Boys higher secondary school is in Tiruttani. Presently in his birth place a library and child welfare center are maintained by Subramania Swamy Devasthanam. He has donated lot of books to this library. The current situation of the library is very worst and does not have enough volumes.

M. P. Sivagnanam

The Tamil freedom fighter, Dr. M. P. Sivagnanam, popularly called Ma. Po. Si., was also born in Tiruttani.

K.Vinayagam Naicker

The Tamil freedom fighter, MLA of Tiruttani, popularly called Talapathy., was also born in Tiruttani. Naicker fought for Tiruttani and retain to Tamil Nadu.A school is also functioning on his name in tiruttani.

[edit] Geography

Tiruttani is located at 13°11′N 79°38′E / 13.18°N 79.63°E / 13.18; 79.63^[1]. It has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 feet).

[edit] Transport

Tiruttani is well connected suburban of Chennai. It has good connectivity by road and rail.

By Rail Southern Railway of India operates frequent passenger services to and from Chennai. Service starts from 4.55am and available till 10:50pm. Apart from this express trains like Sapthagiri(to Tirupathi), Kacheguda(to hyderabad), Mumbai mail and Dadar(to Mumbai) stops here.

Time	Towards Chennai	Train	Time	Towards Renigunta	Train
2.45 am	Chennai Central	Chennai Mail	0.20 am	Chennai - Mumbai	Mumbai Mail
4.20 am	Chennai Egmore	Kacheguda Express	7.00 am	Arakonam - Tiruppathi	Passenger
4.55 am	Chennai Central	Passenger	7.48 am	Chennai Central - Tirupathi	Sapthagiri Express
5.40 am	Chennai Central	Passenger	1.00 pm	Chennai Central - Mumbai	Mumbai Express
6.25 am	Chennai Central	Passenger	3.10 pm	Chennai Central - Tirupathi	Tirupathi Express
7.00 am	Chennai Central	Passenger	5.55 am	Chennai Central - Tirupathi	Garudathri Express
8.05 am	Chennai Central	Garudathri Express	6.30 am	Chennai Egmore - Kachaguda	Kachaguda Express
9.40 am	Chennai Central	Passenger	7.10 pm	Nagercoil - Mumbai	Nagercoil Mumbai Exp
11.20 am	Chennai Central	Sapthagri Express
01.00 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger
2.25 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger
2.45 pm	Chennai Central	Chennai Express
5.00 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger
6.05 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger
6.45 pm	Chennai Central	Sapthagiri Express
8.25 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger
8.40 pm	Arakkonam	Passenger
9.40 pm	Chennai Central	Passenger

By Road Tamil Nadu state transport corporation operates frequent buses to locations like Chennai, Vellore, Chitoor, Kanchipuram, Arakkonam and Tirupathi. Apart from that APSRTC operates direct busses to Tirumala Temple.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Tiruttani had a population of 38,502. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tiruttani has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 64%. In Tiruttani, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Politics

Tiruttani assembly constituency is part of Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

K.Hari belonging to AIADMK party is the MLA of Titurrani.

[edit] References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tiruttani
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

[0] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tiruttani

[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

[2] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

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