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Thopputhurai

FieldValue
nameThopputhurai
native_name_langtamil
settlement_typeTown
pushpin_mapIndia Tamil Nadu#India
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Tamil Nadu, India
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Tamil Nadu
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Nagapattinam
established_title
unit_prefMetric
population_density_km2auto
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code614809
registration_plateTN 51
blank1_name_sec1Nearest city
blank1_info_sec1Nagapattinam
blank2_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Nagapattinam
blank1_name_sec2Climate
blank1_info_sec2Tropical wet and dry (Köppen)
website

Thopputhurai, formerly known as Sethumadavapuram, is a town on the south eastern coast of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

Thopputhurai is near the east coast road of Vedaranyam-Nagapattinam, with a radius of approximately 23 km. A majority of people living in Thopputhurai are Muslims and Hindu.

Origin

The name implies that the village has many plantations and harbors. From this village a salt lake mixes with others after running a distance of 4 km. In the early days of the village people used to trade using catamarans to board their goods in to steamers which trade with Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and other South East Asian countries. The people started calling them 'Marakalayar' and now they are called as 'Maraikayar'. They started trading by way of a barter system. The people take the goods in night by horseback and traded them in the markets in the daytime. These people are called 'Tatharkal', as the days passed they are now called as 'Iravuthur'. This name doesn't relate to a religion they are called so because of their trade. They are no longer called by that name now. Only few are now doing business, some have become agriculturists and the majority of the people are working in foreign countries.

References

References

  1. . (2011). ["Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011"](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx). *[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)*.
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