Muthupet
Muthupet
Pearlpet City | |
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Muthupet Exam Level Municipality town | |
A view of the lagoon and the ocean beyond | |
| Nickname: taluka city | |
| Coordinates: 10°23′46″N 79°29′38″E / 10.396°N 79.494°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thiruvarur |
| Area | Cauvery Delta |
| Mandalam | Chola Nadu |
| Government | |
| • Type | taluka City Town |
| • Body | Muthupet Town Panchayat |
| • Chairman | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.80 km2 (4.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 41,722 |
| Demonym | Muthupettaiyan |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 614704, 614738 |
| Area code | 04369 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 50 |
| Website | http://www.townpanchayat.in/muthupettai |
Muthupet is a panchayat town and taluk in the Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Pearlpet. Muthupet comes under the Thiruthuraipoondi assembly constituency which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly every five years. The current member of the legislative assembly (MLA) is Marimuthu of the Communist Party of India, a part of the Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency), which elects its member of parliament (MP) every five years. The Muthupet city in-town panchayat was constituted in 1962. The town comes under the administrative territory of the Thiruvarur District. It extends over an area of 11.80 km2.