Somur, Karur

Somur is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Manmangalam Taluk in Karur district of Tamilnadu, which falls under Karur block. It belongs to Karur parliament constituency and Karur assembly constituency. D Elaiyaraja is the President of Somur Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address bdokar.tnkar@nic.in and mobile number 74026xxx85. The Panchayat landline number is 4324-25**52. The Secretary is Vasudevan, who can be reached at email address somurvillagepanchayat@gmail.com and mobile number 74027xxx71. The Panchayat address is Somur Panchayat Office, Somur, Pincode - 639114. You can reach there by taking a bus till Annasalai bus stop which is less than a km away.

As on May 2024, the current population of Somur is 3.7 thousands out of which 1.8 thousands are males and rest 1.9 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1033 females per 1000 males. There are around 301 teenagers in Somur. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 2.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.8 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.1 thousands households in Somur, which means every family has 3 members on average. The village has working population of 2.2 thousands. The pincode of Somur is 639114 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puliyur Cement Factory Sub Post office
• Vedichipalayam Branch Post office
• Koyampalli Branch Post office
• Veerarakkiam Branch Post office
• Melapalayam Branch Post office

Schools

Somur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Government High School, Somur
• Pre Upper Primary School School, Somur
• P.U.Ele.School, Kallupalayam

Hospitals

Somur has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Uppidamangalam Community Health Center
• Sanapiratti Sub-Center
• Vengadapuram Sub-Center
• Lakshmanampatti Sub-Center
• P.Vellalapatti Sub-Center

Banks

Somur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Indian Overseas Bank Puliyur
• Karur Vysya Bank Veerarakkiyam
• State Bank of India Udhyanatham

Panchayat Members

Ward Member

Somur Gram Panchayat has total 9 elected Ward Member.

1. Kavitha - Mobile: 97870xxx23 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
2. Rajeshwari - Mobile: 98435xxx59 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
3. Kanagavaly - Mobile: 99437xxx60 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
4. Poonkodi - Mobile: 90476xxx48 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
5. Palamuthirvel - Mobile: 96883xxx89 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
6. Ilayaraja - Mobile: 97510xxx02 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
7. Selvaraj - Mobile: 99524xxx22 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
8. Periya - Mobile: 97869xxx79 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com
9. Suguna - Mobile: 98651xxx65 - Email: bdokar.tnkar@gmail.com

Covered villages

Somur Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Achamapuram
• Somur