Omalur - Villages

Villages

• Kilakathikadu
• Thatravoor
• Kongarapatty
• Danishpet
• Karuthanoor
• Kamandapatty
• Kamalapuram
• Babuchettipatty
• Thathiyampatty
• Pudhu Nallagoundampatty - Nearby Government Engineering College
• Muthunayakanpatty
• Kotagoundampatty
• Thindamangalam
• Anaigoundampatty - OPP - Government Engineering College
• Saminakayanpatty - is a large village with 90% of people belonging to the scheduled caste. the remaining 10% population belong to the backward caste. This village is having 74% literacy rate and almost all members of this village had been working in the magnesite companies located around this village. A new colony belonging to the main village was formed on the panchayat road after Anaigoundanpatty but before the Salem Bangalore and Mettur dam railway route. This village is well supplied by Mettur water through the municipal water. This village is well supplied with electricity. There is an educational institute developed for Teacher training named as KEVI teacher training institute which is a minority institution (mainly for Islamic people) but other religious members are also provided with educational opportunity but under payment category. This village is having a primary government school catering for the children from this village and also supplied with the mid-day meal school programme. there are mini grocery shops within this village and is also equipped with public distribution system (Ration shop). It has its own postal office with a post master heading the same. This village is having many temples of which the most famous is the Saminaickenpatty Kannanur Mariamman temple. Once in a year a grand festival is celebrated with goat and hen sacrifice for the temple. The celebrate this festival by inviting their friends and relatives from Salem town and neighbouring villages. The temple cart is taken around the streets of Saminaickenpatty for people prayer. during the 3rd day, local youths conduct stage programmes with drama, debates and short cinemas. Prominent members of this village contribute liquid cash for this celebration. This village has produced Engineers, Doctors and Business administration graduates. The first Doctor from this Village was from a Middle-class family having educated in one of the best catholic school "Holy cross matriculation Higher secondary school" located at Ammapet, Salem. This candidate was successful through the Tamil Nadu state professional competitive examination and did his bachelor medical degree from the most famous institute "Madras Medical College" located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He further completed his postgraduate degree from the Christian Medical college located at Vellore, Tamil Nadu. After his higher education he worked at Jawaharlal Institute of post graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry. He then became a permanent state government employee by serving as Assistant Civil Surgeon in the KAP Viswanatham Government Medical college, located at Trichy, Tamil Nadu. He then completed his Board certification from the American Society of Medical and Public Health Microbiology, in Washington, USA. He has immense work experience in reputed Health care institutes around the world most notable from the Middle East. He is a jewel in the crown of Saminaickenpatti. There are no health care facility available within the village and all the local population visit government hospital in Omalur or Salem. Though many small private outpatient clinics are available, tertiary care level treatment could be acquired only in the Salem city and access to the city is very easy and so health care facility for this village is affordable provided by the State government. There are many secondary care level hospitals, but the expenses are exorbitant. Hence, for such a large population a primary care level health care facility would be a boon for this village. Almost all houses in this village have two-wheelers and some have four-wheelers for transport. The state government's mini buses are plying between Omalur and Salem steel plant and Salem junction and all these buses ply through this village. There are small scale ash brick industries located opposite to the new colony of Saminaickenpatty village. The specialty of this village is that more than 90% of these villagers are closely related.
• RC Chettipatti
• Kadayampatti
• Poosarippatti
• Periakkadampatty
• Sakkarachettiapatty
• Semmandapatti
• Morrappampatty
• Pallpakki
• Mottur
• Amman Kovil Patty
• M. Chttipatty
• Karuppur
• Vellalapatty
• Vellkkalpatty
• Kamandapatty
• Morappampatty
• Kottamettupatty
• Pulyampatty
• Naranampalayam
• Pagalpatty
• K. R. Thoppur
• Perumal Kovil
• Koottaimariamman Kovil
• Pachhampatty
• Karuppadk; Patty
• Panjukalipatty
• Chinthamanyur(Hand loom and power loom is the major work in this village.This is growing like a city .)
• Polykadai
• Chhnatiurupathi
• Kuppinayakkanur
• Kootaigoundampatty
• Kanjanayakanpaty
• Kuthraikuthhipallam
• Nalukalpalam
• Thinnppatti
• Mattukkarunar
• Karuthanur
• Karuppur
• Mullai Nagar
• Marakkottai
• Mulli Chettipatti
• Konampatty
• Deevattypatty
• Pannapatty
• Maragoundan Pudur
• Periavadagampatti-Even though it is under the name of Danishpet panchat, all the facilities are available in this Periavadagampatti village only.
• Danishpet- The main occupation is agriculture. It has two lakes. Danishpet Railway Station falls on the Tiruppattur-Salem rail route. It is under the administrative control of the Southern Railways. The nearest major railhead, Salem Junction Railway Station is 24 km away.
• Tholasampatty