Uthukottai
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Uthukottai is a border town in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 next to Andra Pradesh, on the banks of the Arani river. It has a channel which helps channel water from the Krishna river
Krishna River
The Krishna River , is one of the longest rivers in central-southern India, about . It is also referred to as Krishnaveni in its original nomenclature...

 to Tamil Nadu.

The Uthukottai name is a portmanteau of two Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 words - Uthu and Kottai. Uthu means water coming from earth and Kottai represents the Muslim Zamindars Kottai located in that place.

The place called Suratapalli is near to Uthukottai where the famous Shiva temple is located. This is the only place in the world where God Shiva is with goddess Paarvathi in sleeping posture.

Uthukottai is located between Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 and Tirupathi.
It's a shortest way to reach the Tirupathi from Chennai

Developments

Uthukottai is well connected with Chennai by bus . Every 15–30 minutes there is a bus from CMBT towards Uthukottai. Now, it is well connected with MTC services also.

There are two Matric Higher Secondary Schools namely Vivekananda MHSS and Don Bosco MHSS. Also there are Govt Boys HSS and Govt Girls HSS along with Kothandaraman High School.

Recently a Teacher Training Institute was opened there which is a sister concern of Vivekananda MHSS.

Southern Railways is planning to have a train track through Uthukottai to connect Ponneri and Renigunta at the shortest possible distance.

Uthukottai having the basic facilities like Registrar office, Sub-court, Taluk Office, DSP office and Subjail.

In the last Assembly elections the BJP candidate contested for Gummidipoondi constituency Mr. Radavarapu Narasaiah Chowdary was from Uthukottai only.

And also there are two cinema theatres namely Sri Kumari Theatre and AVM Theatre are located. Sri Kumari Theatre providing the high technology system Digital Sound(DTS) and Digital Cinema(UFO) for audience to entertain well.

A green place. Nature can be enjoyed a lot here.lots of good places are nearby uthukottai.

One more route also there to reach an Uthukottai from Chennai, how it is means, You can take a bus from Chennai-CMBT towards Thiruvallur. then You will have more number of buses from Thiruvallur to Uthukkottai.

Bus Nos are:

Government Buses: T14, 160, 165, 125A, 582U
Private Buses: All Sundaram Transport Buses, All Southern Transports Buses, Chandra Bus, Vallimurugan Bus, V.M.B.S,Bharathi bus.

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Uthukkottai had a population of 10,639. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Uthukkottai has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 59%. In Uthukkottai, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Hospitals:
Uthukottai is impartant Medical designation for 50 and more Villages. It has Govt Hosptial and 10+ Private Clinic to provice medical service to localities.
Its also vital place for Dental Clinic . L N Dental Clinic founded and run by Dr.Ilansezhian provide dental treatment to localities.

Some places nearby

  • Perandur permual,sivan temple- 6 km
  • Ramagiri Subramaniya Swamy Temple - 15 km
  • Nagalapuram Vedanarayana Swamy Temple - 10 km
  • Suruttapalii Pallikondeswara Temple -1 km
  • Zero Point - 5 km
  • Kona Water Fall - 35 km
  • Poondi Dam - 10 km
  • Periyapalayam Bhavani Amman temple - 18 km
  • Thirukandalam, Maduravasal, Panayanjeri, Arani, Puduvoyal and Ariyathurai - Most famous in Shivas Temple.
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