Usilampatti
Village in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India
Usilampatti (Tamil: [உசிலம்பட்டி]) is a town and Taluk of Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies in an area once governed by the Pandya dynasty, for whom it served as a crucial trade hub, connecting the city of Madurai with the western passes that led into modern-day Kerala.
Location
Usilampatti town lies 37 km east of Theni town and 32 km west of Madurai city on the NH 49 road. The town has a population of 30601 as per the 2001 census.
Physical feature is the Madurai–Bodinayakkanur meter gauge railway line, which runs parallel to the Madurai–Usilampatti road, bifurcating the developed area of the town. The lands which lies in between railway line and Peraiyur road and Battalakundu road, are mostly of wet lands which restrict the development of the town in the southern direction. Hence, the town is likely to expand along both sides of Peraiyur roads and Madurai roads only. Madurai road has been elevated as NH 49 (Extension) (Rameswaram to Kochi) passing through this town is an important feature of the town.
Usilampatti is located at Madurai District at 9.97°N 77.8°E / 9.97; 77.8. It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Usilampatti” as village in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2541109. Authority coordinates are 9.970, 77.800. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.
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This entry incorporates text from “Usilampatti” 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.