I am Sankar.
My hometown is Sholavandan near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, which is in the southern part of India. You can see the place while travelling to Chennai, from Madurai by train. People call as sinna thanjavur (small Tanjore), because of the green fields around the village.

There is a story about the name, one Sholan (Chola King) visited our place long back while he was going from Madurai to Tanjore, he felt very happy about the place (Uvanthaan) or just he came (Vanthaan). Slowly, it got changed from Sholan Uvanthaan to Sholavanthan.

Personalities

1. Arasan Shanmukhanar - A great Tamil poet.



2. L A Samy Iyer - Former collector of Madurai District, British Raj.



3. Sethurathnam Iyer - A Minister of Madaras Presidency, British Raj.



4. Vaidya Subramania Iyer - A reputed Philonthrapist



5. T R Mahalingam - A great Singer/Actor of 1960s



6. 
   
   
   Subramaniam Swamy - Present Leader of Janatha Party
   சோழவந்தான்.

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  leader title = Chairperson of Town Panchayat



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  leadername = V. Ayyappan



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  population asof = 2001



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  population total = 21,661 populationdensity = area_magnitude= sq. km area_total =



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  areatelephone = 04543



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  postal code = 625214



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  vehiclecoderange = TN 59

Civic administration

The Chairman of the Town Panchayat is V. Ayyappan who won as an independent in the local body elections conducted in 2001

There are 18 wards as part of this Town Panchayat each represented by an elected member
Demographics

Sholavandan had a population of 21,661. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sholavandan has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. In Sholavandan, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The prime occupation of the people is Agriculture.Sholavandan is very famous for the "betel-leaves" grown there.
Tourism

Jenagai Mariamman Temple