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Andanallur

Neighbourhood in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4753576 ↗
Source-derived summary

Andanallur is a village in the Srirangam taluk of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Andanallur had a population of 4,540 with 2,230 males and 2,310 females. The sex ratio was 1.036.

References

"Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Andanallur” is neighbourhood in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Andanallur, Neighbourhood and Tiruchirappalli, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Andanallur, Neighbourhood and Tiruchirappalli is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “neighbourhood in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4753576. Authority coordinates are 10.867, 78.600. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001 and 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Andanallur”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Andanallur primary sources, Andanallur archive and Andanallur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Andanallur”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Andanallur” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.