Eral

Eral
Town
Nickname(s): Trading Center
Eral Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
Population (2004)
• Total	19,284
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	628801
Vehicle registration	TN69

Eral is a town in the Tuticorin district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Education

Eral is a town which consists of many schools.

• Govt. Girls Hr. Sec School, Eral
• Lobha Matriculation School, Eral
• Govt. Hr. Sec School at VAZHAVALLAN
• T.D.T.A Middle School, Eral & Siruthounda Nallur
• Annai Therasa Middle School, Eral (up to 8th standard Tamil medium)
• St. Luke's Nursery & Primary School, Siruthounda Nallur
• S.M.A Govt Hr. Sec. School, Siruthonda Nallur
• A few primary schools

A govt. library is functioning near Gandhi Statue.

There are also a few private computer centers which are taking part in improving computer literacy among people.

• BIMBAM CREATIVE SOLUTIONS (P) LTD is an animation company.
• CSC Computer Education (private computer training centre)
• Sky High Computer Centre (private computer training centre)
• A few other institutes to teach typewriting and tailoring.

Economy

Eral is evolving as one of the main business centres of Thoothukudi District and function as a commercial hub.In 2014, Bimbam Creative Solutions Pvt Ltd is started.The Company is exporting animation and other computer graphics to Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Canada, South Africa etc.

There is well designed Bazaar, with a neat, straight and narrow road approximately 1.5 km long with about a thousand shops on either side.

There is roof over the entire Bazaar for shade, which attracts people for comfortable shopping even in Summer. The goods are less expensive than in the rest of the cities in Thoothukudi District.

There are approximately 15 textile shops, 60 jewelry shops, 10 home appliance stores, fruit stalls, plus hotels, tea stalls, etc. And the 100 years old L.Ananda Mudhaliyaar Firm in cloth merchant probably the most famous shop on this list

The nearby village people are the major source for all the business. These people rely on agriculture as their source of income.

The transport facility is yet to be improved to accelerate the economic growth of the city.

since 1950 there is a restaurant there called sulthaniya hotel. Halwa is very famous here.

Brass metal mart shop for temple goods and cooking utensils are famous & Famous for large size kuthuvillakku like Kumbakonam works. 'ARUNA CAFE' It is a 50 Years old pure veg. hotel in Eral.

arunachala sweets stall it is a 50 years old famus stall near by manikundu

To crop a community-based industry where betel in famus

Culture

Eral is religiously neutral. Hindus, Muslims and Christians live peacefully. So you can spot easily the following one if you are looking for in Eral.

• Temples

The special feature is that the temple, mosque and church are located approximately within 0.5 km². Devi NattarAmman Temple, Sowkkai muthaara amman Temple, Muthumalai Amman temple, sivan temple,Uchini mahali amman and karuppasamy temple are the few famous temples located in and around Eral.

Mugaideen Andavar big mosque,St'Luke's church,Soosai apper Church (St. Joseph Church) and Sowkkai muthaara amman temples are facing each other and located at the center of the town. These are main landmarks in this town.

105 years old chairman arunachala swami temple is one of the famous temple in Eral located in Tamirabharani river.(Tamil calendar month) Thai ammavaasai (No moon Day) and Aaadi ammavaasai are festivals are greatly celebrated in this temple.

Geography

Eral is bounded by the Thamirabarani River in the south, the Thamirabarani canal in the north which is close to Siruthonda Nalloor Village, the village of Mangalakurichi, Kottaikkadu to the west and the village of Vazhavallan to the east. The nearest pivotal towns are: Thiruvaikundam at 19 km, Tiruchendur at 19 km, Tuticorin at 26 km, Tirunelveli at 46 km and kanniyakumari at 86 km..

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Eral had a population of 9284. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Eral has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 78%. In Eral, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

One of the good commercial place in TUTICORIN District.