Attur
Attur or Aathur is a municipality and headquarters of Attur taluk in the Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of 61,793. Attur is growing economically.- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: town in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Athur”, “Atoor”, “Attoor”, “Āttūr”, “Attur, Salem”, and “Atur-Salem”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Attur Fort.
Attur Fort
Castle
Attur Fort is a historic fort present in Attur in Salem district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fort is located on the banks of river Vashista, 56 km away from Salem.The fort was built by a Palaiyakkarar chieftain Gatti Mudaliar dynasty under Madurai Nayaks, called Lakshmana Nayakan during the 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narasingapuram and Alagapuri, Ariyalur.
Narasingapuram
Village
Narasingapuram is a municipality in Attur Taluk, Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 23,084.
Alagapuri, Ariyalur
Village
Alagapuri is a village in the Udayarpalayam taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is also Known as alagapuram… Alagapuri, Ariyalur is situated 5 km west of Attur.
Attur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Attur, Salem, Kongu Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.5995° or 11° 35′ 58″ north
Longitude
78.5963° or 78° 35′ 47″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)
Open location code
7J3WHHXW+RG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Attur” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “আতুর”
- Bishnupriya: “আত্তুর”
- Bulgarian: “Атур”
- Cebuano: “Attur”
- Chinese: “阿图尔”
- Chinese: “阿圖爾”
- Dutch: “Attur”
- French: “Attur”
- German: “Attur”
- Gujarati: “અત્તુર”
- Hindi: “अत्तुर”
- Hindi: “आत्तूर”
- Irish: “Attur”
- Italian: “Attur”
- Italian: “Atur”
- Japanese: “アットォー”
- Kannada: “ಅಟ್ಟೂರ್”
- Kashmiri: “اتتور”
- Korean: “아투르”
- Malagasy: “Attur”
- Malay: “Attur”
- Newari: “अत्तुर”
- Portuguese: “Attur”
- Russian: “Аттур”
- Spanish: “Attur”
- Swedish: “Attur”
- Tamil: “ஆத்தூர் (சேலம்)”
- Tamil: “ஆத்தூர்”
- Telugu: “అత్తూరు”
- Urdu: “آتور، سلیم”
- Urdu: “اتتور”
- Vietnamese: “Attur”
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