Athiyuthu

Athiyuthu
village
Athiyuthu Location in Tamil Nadu, India Show map of Tamil Nadu Athiyuthu Athiyuthu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 9°25′40″N 78°54′15″E / 9.42778°N 78.90417°E / 9.42778; 78.90417
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	623513
Telephone code	04567
Nearest city	Ramanathapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Ramanathapuram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Tiruvadanai
Website	www.athiyuthu.webs.com

Athiyuthu is a village located 17 km(10 Miles) from the center of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It has some similar places nearby, such as Chittarkottai, Panaikulam, Pudhuvalasai Alagankulam and Aatrangarai.

Athiyuthu is a village panchayat for three villages namely Athiyuthu, Kovilkarai and Iraniyanvalasai which has 9 wards.

• A.M.Abdul Malik, president of the village
• HM Ariff, the ex-president of the village who led this village for 30 years consecutively.
• DR.Hasan Bazari who is working as a doctor in USA.
• Buhari, the vocalist who had sung few Islamic devotional songs.
• DR.Prema Subramaniam of MG Hospital in Ramanathapuram.

Muslims are the majority community in this village, and are served by the Athiyuthu Jamiya Masjid mosque. There is also an Islamic pilgrimage center Pattani Shahib Dargah. This region is notable due to the fact that Dalits began converting en-masse to Islam.^[2]

Two major areas for Muslims namely Athiyuthu Palaya Theru Jamaliya Muslim valibar sangam (JMVS) and Ramzan nagar vahidhiya Muslim valibar sangam (VMVS) which are controlled by Athiyuthu Muslim Jamath and Ramzan Nagar Muslim Jamath respectively.

For Hindus, Idayar Theru, Colony and many more areas. A temple named Bagavathy Amman Temple is also in the area, as are temples like Vinayagar temple, Muneeswarar temple, and Visalatchi temple.

There are two youth clubs found in this village. They are Jamaliya Muslim Valibar Sangam (JMVS) and Vahidhiya Muslim Valibar Sangam (VMVS).

Many educational Institutions like Syed Ammal Matriculation School, Syed Ammal Hr. Sec. School, Naziya Matriculation School, Mohamedia Hr. Sec.School, Bukhariya Matriculation School, Velumanickam Matriculation school, MG Public Matriculation School, Bahurdeen Hr.Sec. School, Krishna International school, Shifan Global Academy are some of the schools here and Syed Ammal Arts and Science college, Syed Hameedha Arts and Science College, Thasim Beevi Abdul Kadher College for Women, Syed Ammal Engineering College, Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Mohamed Sathak Polytechnic College are the colleges here.

This village is an Agricultural-based village. Half of the land areas in this village are agricultural lands. Once upon a time,^[when?] the people had cultivated many varieties of crops but now only Paddy due to the climatic changes and many people had sold their lands. Most of the people had been moved to Malaysia, Singapore and so on. In Malaysia, our people have owned many hotels and restaurants.^{[citation needed]}

There are state buses connecting to Ramanathapuram running every hour. Private buses connect the city with Chennai and Rameshwaram, visiting Athiyuthu.