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Ranagai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu.
The principal temple recorded for Thiruvarur mandal is Arulmigu Sri Vidya Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ranagai itself.
Golu: an odd number of steps holding dolls, and women invited each evening for sundal, kumkum and a gift. Saraswati Puja on Navami and Vidyarambham on Vijayadashami.
The regional form observed across Tamil Nadu. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Ranagai ranks #62 of 66 villages in Thiruvarur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranagai is a village of 748 people in 193 households (Census 2011) in Thiruvarur taluk, Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, the 62nd-largest of 66 villages in Thiruvarur taluk. Literacy is 61%, 14 points below the taluk average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 610003, served by Kidarankondan post office; the LGD village code is 638099. The village votes in Mannargudi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamaraj. S. The population is estimated at 882 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Keelakavathukudi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranagai · this village | 748 | 61% | — |
| Keelakavathugudi · Thiruvarur | 4,205 | 81% | — |
| Thiruvarur South Sethi · Thiruvarur | 23 | 74% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Thiruvarur mandal
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