Panruti

Panruti
Town
Panruti
Center of Panruti
Panruti Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°46′N 79°33′E / 11.77°N 79.55°E / 11.77; 79.55
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Named for	Cashew bowl of Tamil Nadu
Government
• Type	First Grade Municipality
• Body	Panruti Municipality
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	60,323
Demonym	Panrutian
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	607106
Telephone code	04142Pannurutti
Vehicle registration	TN-31
Website	Panruti Municipality

Panruti is a town, municipality and taluk headquarters of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Panruti is located between Cuddalore and Neyveli. Panruti is famous for jackfruits and cashew nuts. The jackfruit grown here is exported worldwide and is very sweet. It is a business capital of Cuddalore district. Kananchavadi one of the villages in panruti taluk, famous for palm juice. It has been a great commercial area for more than 200 years.^{[citation needed]} The name Panruti came from the Tamil words "Pann" and "Urutti" meaning "composing song and music", as the place is where many saints and great religious singers such as nayanmars and vainavas sung. A 150-year-old government school was built here by the British East India Company and a more-than-1000-year-old temple Veerattaneswarar temple is nearby in Thiruvathigai. As of 2011, the town had a population of 60,323.^{[citation needed]}