Aruvankadu
Aruvankadu, is a small town located in the Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu in India between Coonoor and Ooty, at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: आशीष भटनागर, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Sayowais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 5,180 residents
- Description: village
- Also known as: “Aravandadu”, “Aravanghat”, “Arawak forest”, and “Aruvankad”
Photo: Sayowais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aravankadu railway station.
Aravankadu railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sayowais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aravankadu railway station is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Srivilliputtur, located in Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Aruvankadu
- Category: village in India
- Location: Coonoor, Nilgiris District, Western Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Aruvankadu” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aruvankadu”
- Bishnupriya: “আরাবানকাড়”
- Cebuano: “Aravankādu”
- Chinese: “Aravankad”
- Chinese: “阿拉万卡德”
- Chinese: “阿拉萬卡德”
- Dutch: “Aravankad”
- Hindi: “अरुवंकाडु”
- Italian: “Aravankad”
- Japanese: “アラヴァンカドゥ”
- Kashmiri: “اراونکادو”
- Malay: “Aravankad”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aravankad”
- Newari: “अरभन्कद”
- Persian: “آروانکادو”
- Portuguese: “Aravankad”
- Russian: “Аруванкаду”
- Spanish: “Aravankad”
- Swedish: “Aravankādu”
- Tamil: “அரவக்காடு”
- Tamil: “அரவங்காடு”
- Tamil: “அருவங்காடு”
- Urdu: “اراونکادو”
- Vietnamese: “Aravankad”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aruvankadu”. Photo: Sayowais, CC BY-SA 3.0.