Anikkadavu

Anickadavu (Template:Lang-ta) is a small village in Old Coimbatore district and currently in Tiruppur District which is belongs to Udumalpet Taluk.

The another popular name for this village is Ramachandrapuram

The name Anickadavu derived from the ancient word Anai Kadavu (Template:Lang-ta)which means that it was the path of elephants used to cross this region long long ago.

It is located 23 Km North East to Pollachi and 22 Km North to Udumalpet.Due to its proximity to the Western Ghats, Anickadavu has a pleasant climate throughout the year. Several years ago Anickadavu was very famous for its general market which is the third big markets in that area.

At present Anickadavu belongs to Dharapuram Legislative Assembly and from next state general elections it will be added to Udumalpet . It belongs to Pollachi Parliamentary Constituency. The Current elected members

• MLA - Mrs.Prabhavathi (DMK)
• MP - Mr. K. Sugumar (AIADMK)

The President's Name is Mr.C.Giri

Anickadavu is a Panchayat head quarter.

The villages affiliated to Anickadavu are,

1. Anickadavu
2. Ramachandrapuram
3. Kariyanchalai
4. Sengoda goundenpudhur
5. Sindhilippu
6. Kolipudhur
7. Iluppanagaram

Geography

Anickadavu is located at 10.7908391°N 77.1790463°E / 10.7908391; 77.1790463

Public Transportations

Anickadavu has three bus stops
They are

• Kariyanchalai
• High School
• Anickadavu

Several buses available from Anickadavu
They are

38 A (Route No from Pollachi)

The popular Set of associates in this bus are.

• Jeganathan - Shanmugam
• Veluchamy - Thangavel
• Thangavel - Ravichandran

The prestigious and long running bus operated by Govt of Tamilnadu (TNSTC)from Pollachi for more than 30 years.

Shakthi Aandavar (38)

Formally known as DMT operated by a private company.

The above two buses running between Pollachi and Anickadavu in the alternative hours and helping the village peoples a lot to traverse upward and downward till 10:30 PM

Jayamurugan

Jauamurugan Connects Anickadavu to Pollachi and the popular temple town Palani thrice in a day. People knows this bus with the name of Ajeesh.

This a route bus and the ticket fares are little bit higher than the town buses.

23 (Route No from Udumalpet)

The another prestigious and long running bus operated by Govt of Tamilnadu (TNSTC)from Udumalpet for more than 30 years.

4B (Route No from Udumalpet)

4B is a nice bus service which is running between Udumalpet and Negamam via Anickadavu 4 times in a day.

Saraswathi

Saraswathi is a ancient bus service which is operated by Meenakshi Transports, Dharapuram. This bus is also called as Siva bus.

This connects Anickadavu to Pollachi and Dharapuram. Among the buses passes through Anickadavu, Saraswathi covering a very long distance.

Panapatti

Panapatti is a route bus service operated by Govt of Tamilnadu. This serves the village twice in a day and the rest of time its running between Pollachi and Tiruppur via Seripalayam,Vadasitur,Panapatti and Palladam

The another prestigious and long running bus operated by Govt of Tamilnadu (TNSTC)from Pollachi for more than 30 years.

Education

Anickadavu has one Elementary School , High School and one Higher Secondary School. All are run by Govt of Tamilnadu with the name of Ramachandrapuram Higher Secondary School.

The SSLC students of this school having the pass percentage of 100 (%) during the past two years.

This School is very famous in this area for its good teaching , good teachers and good culture.

Temples

Anickadavu have several Lord Vinayagar Temples , one Karu Kaliyamman Temple ,One Perumal Temple , One Mariyamman Temple and few others

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Telecommunication

Anickadavu is well connected with GSM & CDMA mobile phone operators. The major players BSNL, Airtel,Aircel, Reliance and Vodafone in GSM segment and Reliance, in CDMA segment covers Anickadavu. All the telephone numbers will start from the level of 271XXX

Infrastructure

Anickadavu is well connected with other villages via road. This has no rail connectivity and air. Most of the streets of this village is connected with concrete roads and tar roads.

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  Sindhilippu Highway

Medical Facilities

Anickadavu have one Primary Health Center Hospital and a maternity ward which contains around 25 beds and serves about 15 villages around Anickadavu.

Peoples even from long distances like Poolavadi and Ammapati are using Ramachandrapuram PHC hospital.

Anickadavu is having a good Veterinary hospital which is very use full for the villagers and neighborhood villages.

Banks

Anickadavu is having two banks. One is Syndicate Bank and the other is Co-Operative Bank.

Govt Offices

Anickadavu is having a Panchayat Office , Electricity Board Office and one Post office. The electricity board is having a officer in the rank of JE (Junior Engineer). People can remit their electricity bills here.

Anickadavu have its own post office. The Postal code for Anickadavu is 642120

Shopping

Anickadavu is having around 9 general provisions stores and around 8 Tea Shops which serves the villagers from 5 AM to 10 PM.

People can recharge, Top-up , they can buy the new prepaid sim cards and can take photo copies over the shops.

Private Transportations

Since the village is growing everyday , the number of two wheelers,cars and other vehicles are also increasing accordingly.

There are few persons are operating Taxi services to near by places and Anickadavu is having plenty of Goods careers at all varieties and many numbers of Tractors which are operated by several persons.

Others

For past two years , many Windmills have been installed in the village to produce the electricity .

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  Windmills
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  Windmills

References

Follow this link and search it for Ramachandrapuram

• http://bruno.penandscale.com/2007/11/list-of-primary-health-centres-phc-in.html

External links

• Tamilnadu government Website [1]