Perumal Malai
About 3 km from Thuraiyur town, the hill is home to the Prasanna Venkatachalapathi temple. A hill road and a stepped path lead up to it. Purattasi is an important festival season here.
Vijay
- Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Namma Thuraiyur.Namma Ravisankar.
M. Ravisankar
- Member of the Legislative Assembly, Thuraiyur
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M. Ravisankar
Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly
Role in the Assembly
- Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly
- Member of the Legislative Assembly, Thuraiyur
- Chairperson of the Privileges Committee, Tamil Nadu Assembly
Role in the party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam- Head of TVK's Northern Region Disciplinary Committee
- TVK District Secretary for Suburban West
- Born
- 1985, Manachanallur, Tiruchirappalli district
- Elected
- 2026 — 66,263 votes, a margin of 9,614
- Deputy Speaker since
- 12 May 2026
Tiruchirappalli
Thuraiyur constituency
Thuraiyur town, surrounding villages and the hills nearby form a landscape of farming, local trade and long-established places of worship.
Assembly constituency146Perambalur · Parliamentary constituency
Areas in the constituency
Assembly constituency 146 is reserved for Scheduled Castes and forms part of the Perambalur parliamentary constituency. The Election Commission’s delimitation order includes Thuraiyur taluk and three villages from Musiri taluk.
Thuraiyur talukAlso included from Musiri taluk
- Kottathur
- Puthanampatti
- Abinimangalam
Area names follow the delimitation order. Revenue and local-body boundaries are separate administrative divisions.
Places in and around Thuraiyur
Hill views, places of worship and forest streams are part of the area’s identity.
Pachamalai hills
The district’s tourism department describes Pachamalai as a green hill range near Thuraiyur, home to tribal communities. It adds a distinct hill landscape to the surrounding plains.
Puliancholai
At the foot of the Kolli hills, Puliancholai is a forest picnic spot with a stream. It is one of the nearby destinations listed by the district tourism department.
Farming and local trade
Thuraiyur developed as a commercial centre serving nearby villages. The municipality identifies paddy and cholam among local crops. Periya Eri and Chinna Eri are two of the town’s important water bodies.
Road connections
Thuraiyur is about 47 km northwest of Tiruchirappalli. The municipality lists direct bus connections with Trichy, Perambalur, Namakkal, Attur and Musiri.
- Trichy
- Perambalur
- Namakkal
- Attur
- Musiri
The town’s history
The municipality traces the town’s name to its former zamindars, locally called ‘thurai’. A former zamindar palace at Periya Eri is among the local landmarks it records.
- 1970Became a municipality
- 1998Upgraded to Second Grade
- 2008Upgraded to Selection Grade
Thuraiyur town in numbers
Population and literacy are from the 2011 Census. These figures describe the town, not the whole Assembly constituency.
- Town population · 2011
- 32,439
- Town literacy · 2011
- 78.96%
- Town area · approximately
- 15 sq km