  attur is a town, municipality and capital of attur taluk in the salem district in the state of tamil nadu, india. it is known as sago city. as of 2011, the town had a population of 61,793. outgrowth of attur town is narasingapuram municipality.total ua population of attur town is around 85000.attur is the second largest town in the district after the district capital salem. attur became municipality in 1965.,in 2008, attur was upgraded as selection grade municipality. ==etymology== the name of the town derives from the word "aaru", meaning "river" and "o0tru ooru", meaning "fountain" - vasishta nadi (literally, attur "river town"). attur is one of the king's city. this name of the city call for the reason in long long years ago the situated in the river banks vasista nadhi took the water from this river by making the fountain by their hand. ==history== c.lakshmana nayakan (17th century), local palayakarar, built the attur fort. gatti mudalis built the temples inside the fort. attur has an ancient fort with all facilities and is one of the busy business centers in salem till date. people are very generous, soft natured and have great tendency to help others and for the down-trodden. ==economy== attur is the main shopping center for the neighboring region. attur region is principally 
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