Ellis Nagar
Neighbourhood
Ellis Nagar is located in Tamil Nadu
Ellis Nagar
Ellis Nagar
Ellis Nagar, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates: 9°54′50″N 78°06′13″E / 9.913800°N 78.103700°E / 9.913800; 78.103700
Country India
StateTamil Nadu Tamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai district
Elevation
159 m (522 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625016
Telephone Code+91452xxxxxxx
Other NeighborhoodsMadurai, Arappalayam, Koodal Nagar, Vilangudi, Thathaneri, S. S. Colony, Jaihindpuram, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, Simmakkal, South Gate and Yanaikkal
Municipal bodyMadurai Corporation
District CollectorDr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
LSMadurai Lok Sabha constituency
VSMadurai Central Assembly constituency
MPS. Venkatesan
MLAP. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan
Websitehttps://madurai.nic.in

Ellis Nagar is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. It is named after Francis Whyte Ellis (who lived in between the years 1777 and 1819), a British civil servant in the Madras Presidency, from 1810 to 1819, who translated and printed the first 13 chapters of Tirukurkal's Arathuppal in English.[1][2]

Ellis Nagar is located at an altitude of 159 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9°54′50″N 78°06′13″E / 9.913800°N 78.103700°E / 9.913800; 78.103700 (i.e., 9°54'49.7"N, 78°06'13.3"E). Madurai, Arappalayam, Koodal Nagar, Vilangudi, Thathaneri, S. S. Colony, Jaihindpuram, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, Simmakkal, South Gate and Yanaikkal are some of the important neighbourhoods of Ellis Nagar.

Ellis Nagar area falls under the Madurai Central Assembly constituency.[3] The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan.[4] Also, this area belongs to Madurai Lok Sabha constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is S. Venkatesan.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "By the way, who is Ellis?". The Hindu. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "200 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பே திருவள்ளுவருக்கு உருவம் கொடுத்து தங்கக் காசு வெளியிட்ட எல்லீஸ் துரை". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் - வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Madurai Central Assembly constituency". 19 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Madurai Lok Sabha constituency". 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.


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