Karur District
Karur District
Karur District
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Karur Project Target

Mann Vaasanai District Corpus Fund Target for Karur
$ 250,000.00
With your help we can reach the Phase I Goal of 50 Lakhs soon
INR 50 Lakhs (₹50,00,000) ($70,000)
Amount collected to date: As of January 2023
INR 3,137,434 ($39,217.93)

We have a long way to go! 

With your help we can reach the Phase I Goal soon.

ABC Schools in Karur District

TNF Projects in Karur District

School Name Supported By
Panchayat Union Middle School, Thootampatti
Thiru. Periasamy Gounder and Thirumathi Ponnammal
Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Vaangal
Thirilochani Sreenivasan Family Project
Governemnt Girls Higher Secondary School, Pugalur

Karur District

Karur district is located in Central Tamil Nadu and was bifurcated from Tiruchirapalli in 1996.  The Cauvery river and Amaravathi river flow in this district. Karur district is rich in mineral deposits and granite is mined here. The city of Karur is famous for its handloom and bus body building industry. The district also has several cement factories. Agriculture, Bagasse Paper, nylon fishing nets, gem stones are the other industries in the district. However, the  district is world famous for home textiles and boasts of exports to major US companies such as Walmart, Target, etc

Karur District has a very long history and has been sung by many poets of Sangam period. It has been the battle ground of various Tamil Kings like Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallavas because of its strategic location. Archaeological and Literary evidence has proved beyond doubt that Karur was the capital of early Chera Kings of Sangam age. There has been a plethora of rare findings during the archaeological excavations undertaken in Karur. These include mats, designed pottery, bricks, mud toys, Roman coins, Chera Coins, Pallava Coins, Roman Amphorae, Russet coated ware, and rare rings etc. The Tamil Epic Silapathikaram mentions that the famous Chera King, Cheran Senguttuvan, ruled from Karur. The district has been ruled by Pandya, Pallavas, Cholas, Naickars, Tippu Sultan and finally the British Empire. 

The district has a very rich and varied cultural heritage. The name may have been derived from Karuvur Thevar, one of the nine authors of Thiruvichaippa, who lived during the reign of the great Raja Raja Cholan-I.

The literacy rate in Karur district as  per Census 2011 is 75.65% which is below the national average of 84%. There are more than 800 State Government, Municipality and Govt. Aided Schools in Karur. 

Current  TNF projects in the district:  ABC project In Panchayat Union Middle School Thottampatti, two private Scholarships  and a  smart classroom in the Panchayat Union Middle School, Thiruchapur . 

FUTURE PROJECTS IN KARUR DISTRICT:

Please donate generously to Karur District. 

With your help TNF can implement these projects  in the Government schools in the district: 

  1. ABC Classes in schools. 
  2. Audio Visual Equipment 
  3. Library Books
  4. Scholarship to Underserved Students