Attur
Attur is a town in Salem district of Tamilnadu and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Taluk and Panchayat Samiti of Salem district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Attur is 66.2 thousands out of which 32.7 thousands are males and rest 33.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1021 females per 1000 males. There are around 6.1 thousands teenagers in Attur. It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 49.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 14.8 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 411 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 17.5 thousands households in Attur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 27.8 thousands.
These 2 villages comes under Attur Nagar Parishad.
Schools
Attur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Gghss Attur
- Bharathiyar Matriculation School, Attur
- Rasi Matric Hr. Secondary School, Malliyakarai
- Saraswathi Mhss, Ammampalayam
- Gbhss Attur
Attur Panchayat Samiti
Lingammal Palanisami is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Attur, who can be contacted at email address bdoattur@gmail.com and mobile number 94867xxx16. The Block landline number is 04282-24**55. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Rajendran Sk, who can be reached at email address nregsatturblock@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx62. The Block address is Panchayat Union Attur, Kadi Veethi, Near Old Police Station, Attur Post & Thaluk, Salem Dt, Pincode - 636102. You can reach there by taking a bus till Attur Kamarajar Bus Stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are six computers, four printers and two scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Attur Panchayat Samiti consists of total 20 Gram Panchayat.
- Akkichettipalayam
- Ammampalayam
- Appamasamudram
- Arasanatham
- Chokkanathapuram
- Eachampatty
- Kallanatham
- Kalpaganur
- Koolamedu
- Kothampadi
- Malliakarai
- Manjini
- Paithur
- Pungavadi
- Ramanaickenpalayam
- Seeliampatty
- Thandavarayapuram
- Thennakudipalayam
- Thulukanur
- Valaiyamadevi
Other villages in Attur Taluk
Attur Taluk has total 6 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.