Watrap, Tamilnadu
Watrap is a town in Virudhunagar district of Tamilnadu and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block, Taluk and Panchayat Samiti of Virudhunagar district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Watrap is 17.9 thousands out of which 8.9 thousands are males and rest 9 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1015 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.5 thousands teenagers in Watrap. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 13 thousands persons can read and write. Total 4.4 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 5 thousands households in Watrap, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 8.1 thousands.
Schools
Watrap has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Hindu High School S. Watrap
- Government Higher Secondary School, Maharajapuram
- Linga Global School., Krishnankovil
- Hindu (G)high School Watrap
- Kalaimagal Higher Secondary School, S.Ramachandrapuram
Watrap Panchayat Samiti
M.Sindhoo Murugan is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Watrap, who can be contacted at email address bdowatrap@gmail.com and mobile number 98421xxx65. The Block landline number is 04563-28**29. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is P.Vasanthakumar, who can be reached at email address bdowatraphs@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx85. The Block address is Panchayat Union Office, 77 F Melapalayam South Street, Archunapuram Road, Watrap, Pincode - 626132. You can reach there by taking a bus till Muththalammal Kovil Stop bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are one computer, one laptop, one printer and one scanner available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Watrap Panchayat Samiti consists of total 27 Gram Panchayat.
- Akkanapuram
- Ammapatti
- Ayannathampatti
- Ayankarisalkulam
- Ayardharmam
- Govindanallur
- Ilandhaikulam
- Kadaneri
- Kalyanipuram
- Keelagopalapuram
- Khansapuram
- Kottaiyur
- Kunnur
- Maharajapuram
- Mathur
- Melagopalapuram
- Moovaraivendran
- Ramachandrapuram
- Ramasamiapuram
- Rengappanaickenpatti
- Sethunarayanapuram
- Thambipatti
- Thulukkapatti
- Vadukapatti
- Valayankulam
- Valayapatti
- Vellapottal
Other villages in Watrap Taluk
Watrap Taluk has total 1 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.