Parangipettai Town Panchayat

Town Profile

  1. Parangipettai Town Panchayat Located 32.00 K.M distance from Cuddalore District.
  2. Nearest Railway Station Name : Parangipettai , This Railway Station Located 5.00 k.m Distance from parangipettai
  3. Nearest Airport Located in : Chennai
  4. Bus Route Details : : Cuddalore - Chidambaram
  1. Mosque - Ward No : 1 - Street Name - Nalladhambi Maricar Street
  2. Mosque - Ward No : 2 - Street Name - Kummatha palli Street
  3. Mosque - Ward No : 2 - Street Name - Vathiyapalli Street
  4. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 3 - Street Name - Madha koil street
  5. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Karunanithi Salai
  6. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Salangukara Street
  7. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Salangukara Street
  8. Mariyamman Koil Temple - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Salangukara Street
  9. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 4 - Street Name - Kodimara Street
  10. Mosque - Ward No : 5 - Street Name - Dhelli Sahib Dharga Street
  11. mosque - Ward No : 7 - Street Name - Revu Main Road
  12. Mosque - Ward No : 7 - Street Name - Meenkadai street
  13. Mosque - Ward No : 7 - Street Name - Dhonidhurai Street
  14. mosque - Ward No : 7 - Street Name - Kuttaiya Chatty Street
  15. Mariyamman koil street - Ward No : 8 - Street Name - Nellukadai Street
  16. mosque - Ward No : 8 - Street Name - Main Road
  17. Pillaiyar - Ward No : 8 - Street Name - Main Road
  18. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 8 - Street Name - Main Road
  19. Mosque - Ward No : 11 - Street Name - 2 Cross Erattai Kinattu Street
  20. Mosque - Ward No : 11 - Street Name - Hakka Sahip Tharga Street
  21. Mosque - Ward No : 12 - Street Name - Meerapalli
  22. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 12 - Street Name - Anna Nagar
  23. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 12 - Street Name - Rengapillai Mandapan Street
  24. Amman Temple , Pillaiyar Temple, Mariyamman Temple - Ward No : 12 - Street Name - Vannarapalayam
  25. Parameswariyamman Temple - Ward No : 12 - Street Name - Mission Street
  26. Kamatchiyamman Temple, Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 13 - Street Name - Kamatchiyamman koil Street
  27. Samjeevirayar Temple - Ward No : 13 - Street Name - Keeraikara Street
  28. pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 14 - Street Name - Thiyaga Chetty Street
  29. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 14 - Street Name - Kumara Koil Street
  30. Varadharaja Perumal Temple, pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 14 - Street Name - Varadharaja perumal Koil Street
  31. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 7 - Street Name - Attangarai Street
  32. Poraiyadha Amman Temple - Ward No : 15 - Street Name - Poraiyadha koil street
  33. Pillaiyar Temple - Ward No : 15 - Street Name - Agaram Vanuvar Street
  34. Kaliyamman Temple - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Agaram Kaliyamman koil Street
  35. Parameswari Amman koil street - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Manambadi Kaliyamman koil Street
  36. NaraCimmar Temple - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Agaram, Naracimmar Koil Street
  37. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Agaram Rama Padaiyatchi Street
  38. Angalamman Temple - Ward No : 17 - Street Name - Kollumedu Angalamman Koil Street
  39. Murugan Temple - Ward No : 18 - Street Name - Agaram, Colony Murugan Koil Street
  40. Mariyamman Temple - Ward No : 18 - Street Name - Mariyamman Koill street
  41. Mariyamman Temple - Ward No : 18 - Street Name - Agaram, Railway Main Road Mariyamman koil Street
Festival Name How many Days Celebrated Which Month Celebrated No of Peoples ParticipatedNotified/Non Notified
-0JAN0NON-NOTIFIED
Nearest City Name Direction Distance from Town Panchayat
0East0.00 K.m
VirudhachalamWest51.00 K.m
CuddaloreNorth32.00 K.m
ChidambaramSouth23.00 K.m

CUDDALORE DISTRICT

PARANGIPETTAI TOWN PANCHAYAT

TOWN PROFILE

Location:

 

            PARANGIPETTAI is a Selection Grade Town Panchayat, coming under the Administrative territory of Cuddalore District.  The Town Panchayat was constituted as per Director of Town Panchayat, Chennai proceeding No. 733 dated. 01.10.1953 Selection grade town panchayat.  The town is located in 200 kms.  The town panchayat extends over an area of 10.36 sq.km. The Revenue Village Agaram, Parangipettai has combined together to form PARANGIPETTAI Town Panchayat.

 

Demographic Features of the Town

1

Population 2011

25541

2

Average Annual Growth rate

 34%

3

Area of the Town Panchayat

11.81 sq.km.

4

No. of  house holds ( 2011)

6354

5

Average House hold size ( 2011)

55 %

Demography:

            The population o f the town 25541 in 2011.  

Population Projections:

Assuming an annual growth of  34% percent during the last ten years, the population in 2011 is 25541 and with and average house  holds size of  55%  the present no. of house holds is estimated to be 6354.  These, figures are used to estimated the current levels of services and the backlog/shortage. The population in 2021 is project assuming the same growth rate.  The growth needs are assessed for this population.

INTRODUCTION

                Parangipettai (Tamil: பரங்கிப்பேட்டை), historically called Porto Novo ("New Port" in Portuguese) is a panchayat town in Cuddalore districtin the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Parangipettai is located on the north bank of the mouth of the Vellar river at a distance of 30 km from Cuddalore. From the capital city of Chennai, Parangipettai can be reached through theNational Highway NH45A stretch between Cuddalore and Chidambaram.

             Due to its strategic location on the Coromandel Coast, Parangipettai has long been a major trading centre. In particular, it was an important trading destination for the Arabs, especially the Yemenis. During the colonial era the Portuguese, Dutch and English successively colonized the area.

There is also a Ghandian connection to this place. Anne Marie Petersen became in 1909 a missionary in the so called Loventhal Mission. The foundation stone was laid by Gandhi himself in 1921, and a few years later the school was officially opened under the name Seva Mandir at a place called Porto Novo, near Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, South India.

Today, Parangipettai has evolved into a well-developed town with nearly all basic necessities such as healthcare, education and transport. It also hosts a Marine Biology Station affiliated with the Annamalai University.

HISTORY

Through history, Parangipettai has taken many different names. One was 'Portonovo' during the period of Portuguese colonial rule. Other names were 'Muthukrishna puri' when the nayakkars ruled, 'Mohammed banthar' during the era of the Mughal Empire. In Tamil, Parangi refers to Europeans, while Pettai means place. Thus, Parangipettai literally translates to the pettah or abode of the parangisor Europeans in Tamil. The Portuguese were the ones who actually named this place "Porto Novo" ("New Port" in Portuguese) as they set up a port here and made it their trading stronghold.

Muslims living in Parangipettai have a unique ancestry. Tamil is their mother tongue but it has been heavily influenced by Urdu and Arabic. Previously, especially during the Tamil Chola rule of Tamil Nadu, Arab traders used to heavily trade around the Coromandel coast in which Parangipettai is located. Some traders, throughout time decided to settle down here. And hence, Muslims of Parangipettai tend to resemble Arab features. During the Muslim rule of India under the Mughal Empire, Muslims from Hyderabad began settling in Parangipettai. Thus the Islamic culture in Parangipettai was influenced by Urdu and Mughal practices.

A large trace of these people are found in Singapore and Malaysia.In 1801 Sir George Leith, who was then Lieutenant Governor of Penang,Malaysia, appointed a prominent Indian Muslim leader, Cauder Mohudeen, as Captain of the South Indian “Keling” community. He granted a piece of land to build a mosque on the south side of Malabar Street (Chulia Street). Cauder Mohudeen (born c. 1759) was a ship mandoor or foreman from Porto Novo, which the Tamils called Parangipettai.

 

THE BATTLE OF PORTONOVO





 

The Battle of Porto Novo was fought here in 1781 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The conflict pitted the forces of theKingdom of Mysore under Karim Khan Sahib, accompanied by his father Hyder Ali, against forces belonging to the British East India Company under Sir Eyre Coote. Though they were outnumbered 5 to 1, the British prevailed.