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Introduction 1 Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) at a Glance | Features of Assembly 1-2 as per Delimitation Commission of India (2008) Location and Political Maps Location Map | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in 2 District | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency under Parliamentary 3-9 Constituency - (Lok Sabha) | Town & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-13 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns and Villages by 14-15 Population Size | Sex Ratio (Total & 0-6 Years) | Religious Population | Social Population | Literacy Rate Electoral Features Important Dates of Last Elections Held | Electors by Gender | Service 5 Electors | Voters | Voters Turnout | Polling Stations & Average Number of 16-21 Electors per Polling Station | Electors by Age Group | Present Elected Representatives Historical Summary Election Results Vote Share of Major Parties | Winning Margin (Number & Percentage) | 6 Polarity of Parties | Summary Result of Assembly Segment of Parliamentary 22-42 Elections 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999 | Summary Result of Assembly Elections 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1980, 1977, 1971 and 1967 Polling Station Level Election Results Name and Number of Polling Station 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 | 7 Polling Station-wise Electors, Voters & Voters Turnout 2019, 2016, 2014, 43-167 2011 and 2009 | Polling Station wise Elections Results 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Share of Assembly Constituency 8 Share of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in State, District and 168 Parliamentary Constituency - (Lok Sabha) Socio-Economic Amenities Access to Administrative Units | Agricultural, Manufacturing and Industrial Commodities | Demographic Indicators | Education | Health & Manpower | 9 Drinking Water Supply | Sanitation | Entertainment and Recreations 170-184 Infrastructure | Power | Food Allocation Distribution and Marketing of Agriculture Commodities Infrastructure | Transport and Road Infrastructure | Communication | Banking and Financial Services | Land Use | Irrigation Source 10 Abbreviation & Sources 186-188 11 Disclaimer 190

Athoor Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Location & Political Map

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Tamil Nadu Athoor Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Administrative Setup

List of Village Panchayat & Intermediate Panchayat (Block) Name

Intermediate Panchayat Village Name Village Panchayat Name Name

Adalur Adalur Reddiarchattiram

Aiyampalayam Devarappanpatti, Ayyankottai Athoor

Alagupatti Alagupatti Reddiarchattiram

Alamarathupatti Alamarathupatti Athoor

Ambathurai Ambathurai Athoor

Ammapatti Ammapatti Reddiarchattiram

Anaipatti Anaipatti

Attur Athoor Athoor

Bodikamanvadi Bodikamanvadi Athoor

Chattirapatti Dharmathupatti Reddiarchattiram

Gurunathanaickenur G.Nadupatti, Gurunathanaickanur Reddiarchattiram

Jivalsaragu Seevalsaragu Athoor

K.Pudukottai K.Pudukottai Reddiarchattiram

Kalikkampatti Kalikkampatti Athoor

Kamachipuram Kamatchipuram Reddiarchattiram

Kasavanampatti Konur, Kasavanampatti Reddiarchattiram

Kilakottai Chettiyapatti, Gandhigram, Thoppampatti Athoor

Kothapulli Kothapulli Reddiarchattiram

Kummampatti Virakkal Athoor

Kuthathupatti Kuttathupatti Reddiarchattiram

Manalur Manalur Athoor

Mangarai Mangarai Reddiarchattiram

Munnilakottai Munnilaikottai Athoor

Neelamalakottai Neelamalaikottai Reddiarchattiram

Palakkanuthu Palakkanuthu , Puduchatram Reddiarchattiram

Palayakannivadi Dharmathupatti, Karisalpatti Reddiarchattiram

Palayamkottai Palayankottai Athoor

Panjanpatti (N) N.Panjampatti Athoor

Pantrimalai Pandrimalai Reddiarchattiram

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Demographics

Number of Villages by Population Size - 2011

Less 10000 100- 200- 500- 1000- 2000- 5000- Total than and 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 Village 100 Above

0 0 1 1 4 18 14 3 41

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

Less than 10000- 20000- 50000- 100000 and Total 5000-9999 4999 19999 49999 99999 Above Town

0 0 6 1 0 0 7

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Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 135154 144245 16 279415 1996 AE 96539 97253 - 193792

2016 AE 131156 137705 15 268876 1991 AE 94384 94888 - 189272

2014 PE 127763 131860 10 259633 1989 AE 84130 84467 - 168597

2011 AE 112691 114168 - 226859 1984 AE 75792 76939 - 152731

2009 PE - - - - 1980 AE 75608 77837 - 153445

2006 AE 98457 103973 - 202430 1977 AE 70789 72551 - 143340

2004 PE - - - - 1971 AE 52508 55048 - 107556

2001 AE 105533 107225 - 212758 1967 AE - - - 100535

1999 PE - - - -

Note : AE : Assembly Election, PE : Assembly Segment of Parliamentary Election

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Tamil Nadu Athoor Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Historical Summary Election Results

Summary Result of Assembly Election - 2011

Candidate Name Party Votes Votes %

Periyasamy.I DMK 112751 59.58

Balasubramani.S DMDK 58819 31.08

Balasubramani. S, IND 6685 3.53

Raja.T IND 3207 1.69

Bharanidharan.J. BJP 2233 1.18

Ramamoorthy.K, IND 1384 0.73

Raja. B, BSP 1191 0.63

Ilanchelian.M. IJK 799 0.42

Palanisamy.K IND 591 0.31

Muruganantham.M, IND 581 0.31

Alagupandian.R, IND 501 0.26

Prabhahar.C, IND 308 0.16

Sankar.J.L., IND 195 0.1

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Number and Name of Polling Stations (PS) (2016)

Number Number of Polling Name of Polling Stations of Polling Name of Polling Stations Stations Stations

Anganwadi Center South Facing Building Panchayat Union Elementary School North Portion 1 19 Neelamalaikottai 624619 West Facing Building Sullerumbu 624622

Panchayat Union Elementary School West Facing Panchayat Union Elementary School South Portion 2 20 South Portion Building Neelamalaikotttai 624619 West Facing Building Sullerumbu 624622

Panchayat Union Elementary School West Facing Panchayat Union Elementary School East Facing 3 21 North Portion Building Neelamalaikotttai 624619 Building Sullerumbu 624622

Panchayat Union Middle School East Facing Building 4 Panchayat Office Building Palakanuthu 624619 22 M Asaripudur 624622

Tamil Ivansalin Lutharan Church Primary School Panchayat Union Middle School North Facing 5 East Facing Building West Side Palakanuthu 23 Building M Asaripudur 624622 624619

Tamil Ivansalin Lutharan Church Primary School Panchayat Union Middle School South Facing 6 24 East Facing South Side Palakanuthu 624619 Theppakulathupatti 624622

R C Sirumalar Primary School South Facing Panchayat Union Middle School West Facing New 7 25 Building Semmadaipatty 624619 Building East Side Theppakulathupatti 624622

Tamil Ivansalin Lutharan Church Primary School Panchayat Union Elementary School North Facing 8 26 East Facing South Side Palakanuthu 624619 Building Thirumanampatti 624622

Gnanam Memorial Middle School East Facing West Panchayat Union Elementary School East Portion 9 27 Building Kambilinaickenpatti 624622 Lakshmanampatti 624709

T E L C Elementary School North Side Panchayat Union Elementary School West Portion 10 28 Nalupulikottai 624619 Lakshmanampatti 624709

T E L C Elementary School West Side C S I Elementary School East Portion South Facing 11 29 Puthuchatram 624619 Vittalnaickenpatty 624709

Tamil Evansalin Luthran Chruch Elementary School Panchayat Union Elementary School East Block 12 30 South Side Nalupulikottai 624619 North Facing Building Kiriampatti 624709

C S I Primary School East Portion North Facing Panchayat Union Elementary School Southern Side 13 31 Building K Puthukottai 624622 East Facing Building Karungalpatty 624709

C S I Primary School West Portion West Side K Panchayat Union Elementary School Northern Side 14 32 Puthukottai 624622 Building East Facing Karungalpatty 624709

Panchayat Union Middle School Western Side Govt Kallar Elementary School Main Building West 15 33 Gurunathanaickanoo R 624622 Facing Kottur Avarampatti 624709

Panchayat Union Middle School Eastern Building Govt Kallar School South Facing Building 16 34 Gurunathanaickanoo R 624622 Kondamanayakanpatt I 624709

Panchayat Union Elementary School South Building St Chinnappar Higher Secondary School West 17 35 G Nadupatty 624622 Facing North Building Ulagampatti 624709

Panchayat Union Elementary School North Building St Chinnappar Higher Secondary School West 18 36 G Nadupatti 624622 Facing South Building Ulagampatti 624709

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Polling Station-wise Votes Secured by Overall Top Five Parties in Athoor Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Dindigul Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

3rd - Number Runner-up - 5th - Winner - Packiya 4th - Total of Viswanathan Mariaguna Periyasamy Selvaraj Ilanchezhiyan NOTA Other Votes Polling R sekaran R I (DMK) M S.P (BJP) Secured Station (AIADMK) (NTK) (DMDK) 36 509 402 13 2 6 7 19 958 37 362 323 6 2 3 5 13 714 38 366 305 6 3 4 17 42 743 39 484 444 23 10 11 21 19 1012 40 255 256 6 1 6 2 19 545 41 239 325 10 20 1 9 17 621 42 305 398 27 24 3 16 9 782 43 306 405 8 16 2 9 7 753 44 482 411 31 3 5 33 26 991 45 459 442 19 7 2 4 12 945 46 490 444 18 8 9 12 23 1004 47 429 313 15 3 1 16 21 798 48 690 378 13 4 3 8 30 1126 49 453 379 30 4 6 11 26 909 50 388 329 9 0 4 4 24 758 51 291 392 23 1 4 5 15 731 52 554 672 15 8 6 15 31 1301 53 406 324 10 1 2 3 8 754 54 572 304 4 4 3 4 9 900 55 456 352 3 4 4 29 38 886 56 536 468 6 4 4 10 17 1045 57 477 329 6 3 6 7 27 855 58 568 199 11 6 0 2 11 797 59 287 164 8 1 3 8 22 493 60 389 363 13 1 5 16 21 808 61 294 238 28 10 3 7 9 589 62 406 321 17 0 10 9 61 824 63 359 280 15 8 3 5 24 694 64 148 287 10 3 0 4 8 460 65 369 334 4 3 6 5 20 741 66 392 437 28 5 5 4 18 889 67 497 352 28 0 5 12 15 909 68 263 264 11 5 1 5 19 568 69 333 292 3 2 1 1 15 647 70 430 367 15 1 3 16 23 855 Contd....

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Athoor Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Dindigul Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winning Third Polling Winner Runner- Winner Runner- Margin Third Party Other Station Votes up Votes Party up Party Votes Party Votes Votes (%) Number (%) (%) (%) (%) 71 AIADMK 384 (52.97) DMK 289 (39.86) 95 (13.11) LJP 8 (1.1) 44 (6.07) 72 DMK 502 (49.8) AIADMK 402 (39.88) 100 (9.92) DMDK 14 (1.39) 90 (8.93) 73 AIADMK 436 (50.46) DMK 382 (44.21) 54 (6.25) DMDK 7 (0.81) 39 (4.51) 74 DMK 362 (60.03) AIADMK 209 (34.66) 153 (25.37) DMDK 13 (2.16) 19 (3.15) 75 DMK 337 (60.29) AIADMK 201 (35.96) 136 (24.33) DMDK 8 (1.43) 13 (2.33) 76 AIADMK 291 (48.18) DMK 256 (42.38) 35 (5.8) IND (VM) 9 (1.49) 48 (7.95) 77 DMK 425 (54.35) AIADMK 316 (40.41) 109 (13.94) DMDK 7 (0.9) 34 (4.35) 78 DMK 379 (54.85) AIADMK 268 (38.78) 111 (16.07) BJP 11 (1.59) 33 (4.78) 79 DMK 368 (59.74) AIADMK 217 (35.23) 151 (24.51) DMDK 6 (0.97) 25 (4.06) 80 DMK 299 (56.52) AIADMK 211 (39.89) 88 (16.63) DMDK 5 (0.95) 14 (2.65) 81 DMK 266 (60.59) AIADMK 159 (36.22) 107 (24.37) DMDK 6 (1.37) 8 (1.82) 82 DMK 417 (51.42) AIADMK 349 (43.03) 68 (8.39) DMDK 11 (1.36) 34 (4.19) 83 DMK 279 (53.45) AIADMK 209 (40.04) 70 (13.41) DMDK 12 (2.3) 22 (4.21) 84 DMK 273 (46.59) AIADMK 258 (44.03) 15 (2.56) DMDK 35 (5.97) 20 (3.41) 85 DMK 409 (56.03) AIADMK 260 (35.62) 149 (20.41) DMDK 19 (2.6) 42 (5.75) 86 AIADMK 185 (52.26) DMK 152 (42.94) 33 (9.32) DMDK 5 (1.41) 12 (3.39) 87 DMK 439 (54.33) AIADMK 311 (38.49) 128 (15.84) DMDK 18 (2.23) 40 (4.95) 88 DMK 154 (53.29) AIADMK 123 (42.56) 31 (10.73) DMDK 2 (0.69) 10 (3.46) 89 DMK 395 (54.56) AIADMK 279 (38.54) 116 (16.02) DMDK 10 (1.38) 40 (5.52) 90 AIADMK 492 (48.91) DMK 461 (45.83) 31 (3.08) DMDK 21 (2.09) 32 (3.18) 91 DMK 451 (49.78) AIADMK 388 (42.83) 63 (6.95) DMDK 20 (2.21) 47 (5.19) 92 DMK 231 (64.35) AIADMK 109 (30.36) 122 (33.99) DMDK 8 (2.23) 11 (3.06) 93 AIADMK 431 (56.27) DMK 300 (39.16) 131 (17.11) DMDK 16 (2.09) 19 (2.48) 94 DMK 194 (51.73) AIADMK 172 (45.87) 22 (5.86) DMDK 6 (1.6) 3 (0.8) 95 DMK 451 (56.87) AIADMK 298 (37.58) 153 (19.29) DMDK 13 (1.64) 31 (3.91) 96 DMK 352 (53.33) AIADMK 281 (42.58) 71 (10.75) DMDK 11 (1.67) 16 (2.42) 97 DMK 364 (48.4) AIADMK 335 (44.55) 29 (3.85) DMDK 15 (1.99) 38 (5.05) 98 DMK 459 (54) AIADMK 342 (40.24) 117 (13.76) DMDK 18 (2.12) 31 (3.65) 99 AIADMK 517 (49.38) DMK 462 (44.13) 55 (5.25) BJP 16 (1.53) 52 (4.97) 100 DMK 412 (51.69) AIADMK 359 (45.04) 53 (6.65) DMDK 8 (1) 18 (2.26) 101 DMK 301 (58) AIADMK 200 (38.54) 101 (19.46) BJP 3 (0.58) 15 (2.89) 102 DMK 552 (57.92) AIADMK 351 (36.83) 201 (21.09) DMDK 18 (1.89) 32 (3.36) 103 DMK 645 (71.75) AIADMK 228 (25.36) 417 (46.39) DMDK 5 (0.56) 21 (2.34) 104 DMK 513 (73.6) AIADMK 167 (23.96) 346 (49.64) NTK 4 (0.57) 13 (1.87) 105 DMK 344 (53.67) AIADMK 265 (41.34) 79 (12.33) DMDK 9 (1.4) 23 (3.59) Contd....

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Socio-Economic Amenities - Rural

Access to Education Facilities

Number of Village (% of Population)

If Not Available Particulars Available Not Available (Distance of Nearest Facility)

A B C

Govt. Primary School 40 (99) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 15 (50) 26 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 28 (80) 13 (20) 4 (6) 3 (2) 0 (0)

Private Middle School 12 (35) 29 (65) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 14 (49) 27 (51) 13 (24) 7 (12) 0 (0)

Private Secondary School 9 (29) 32 (71) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 13 (48) 28 (52) 16 (28) 9 (21) 2 (2)

Private Senior Secondary School 5 (20) 36 (80) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 41 (100) 4 (12) 6 (10) 11 (19)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 4 (16) 37 (84) 1 (2) 6 (18) 9 (23)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 41 (100) 1 (4) 3 (5) 4 (10)

Private Engineering College 1 (8) 40 (92) 0 (0) 12 (28) 20 (45)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 1 (4) 40 (96)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 1 (1) 6 (15)

Private Management Institute 1 (1) 40 (99) 1 (4) 8 (18) 24 (61)

Govt. Polytechnic 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 6 (7) 7 (13)

Private Polytechnic 0 (0) 41 (100) 2 (4) 9 (28) 17 (49)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 8 (12) 17 (49)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 1 (4) 40 (96) 2 (4) 4 (12) 9 (19)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 12 (39) 29 (61) 1 (2) 6 (5) 18 (46)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 12 (39) 29 (61) 2 (4) 0 (0) 2 (3)

Govt. School For Disabled 1 (4) 40 (96) 2 (3) 10 (21) 24 (65)

Private School For Disabled 0 (0) 41 (100) 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (4)

Government Others 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Others 0 (0) 41 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Note : Distance A : Less than 5 km; B : Between 5-10 km; C : 10+ km.; Source : Data Analysis is based on 2011 Census.

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