Nilaiyur
sub urban
Nickname:  Kaithari nagar
Nilaiyur Location in Tamil Nadu, India Show map of Tamil Nadu Nilaiyur Nilaiyur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 9.51°0′0″N 78.3°0′0″E / 9.51000°N 78.30000°E / 9.51000; 78.30000
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Population  (2001)
• Total	12,438
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625005
Vehicle registration	TN-58,59,64
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Madurai
Sex ratio	1006 ♂/♀
Literacy	65.76%
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Thirumangalam
Avg. summer temperature	36 °C (97 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	22.8 °C (73.0 °F)

Nilaiyur is a suburb in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu, South India. It is located between the cities of Madurai and Thirumangalam (Exactly 17 km from Madurai and 15 km from Thirumangalam).

Geography and climate

Nilaiyur has an average elevation of 5 m (16 ft). The Boundary lies the village of sambakulam(East), Karuvelampatti (South), Koothiyar kundu (West) and Thirupparankundram (North).

The maximum temperature approximately 36°C during April - May months and minimum temperature approximately 22.8 °C during December - January months.

Division and population

Population of Nilaiyur is 12438 including Male -6201 and female -6237. The sex ratio is 1006 females per 1000 males. The Literacy Rate is 65.76% The population of the kaitharinagar is 6444 including Male -3184 and female -3260. This is during the year 2011.

Occupation and culture

The main occupation of the people is Agriculture. Paddy, pulses, groundnut, and sugarcane are the main field crops and coconut and banana are the important tree crops. The Nilaiyur Reservoir is the main water source.

In Kaithari nagar, the main occupation is weaving in Hand-loom sarees & power loom sarees, so the village name is called kaithari nagar.

The people following sourastra culture(Gujarat) and they following Gujarat culture like marriage function and Dhasal(puratasi) Etc.

Kaitharai Nagar in Nilayur panchayat got its name when handloom workers got houses through co-operative societies in the early 1980's.

Kaithari nagar people speak main language of Sourastra which the language origin from Gujarat, and Tamil is secondary language.