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Virudhunagar District
Virudhunagar District is an administrative district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters. Virudhunagar district was formed from parts of Tirunelveli and Madurai districts....
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, Seithur had a population of 18,193. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Seithur has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 47%. In Seithur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There are many nursery and primary schools and a government higher secondary school, police station, and a famous sivan temple namely Thirukkanneeswarar are located in this village. Agriculture is the major occupation of this village (eg) paddy,cotton etc.
But some persons do works like tailoring, working in mills etc.
By Spsamy