page_title: Elangakurichy
section_title: Source of income
hierarchical_section_title: Elangakurichy / Source of income
caption_attribution_description: English: Burned coal from a train engine
context_page_description: Elangakurichy is a traditional village in Tiruchirappalli district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and it is located near Vaiyampatty, Manapparai and Tovarankurichchi. It is located almost at the geographic centre of the state, at a distance of 57 kilometres south-west of Tiruchirappalli and 53 kilometres north-east of Dindigul on national highway NH 45.
context_section_description: Elangakurichy is not only a traditional village, basically an agricultural village with some industries like manufacturing of match box, sweats etc. Initially Elangakurichy people were engaged in agriculture, but during the 1910s some of them shifted to the tobacco business. But the government of Indira Gandhi slightly changed the laws concerning tobacco with higher taxation to reduce the consumption of cigarettes(piti). Many people who engaged in the tobacco business were lower middle income people, they could not get a special license and can't afford higher taxation. So, their work was stopped by Government. Then many people who had grown tobacco, and other businessmen took up Sintering contracting. This raised living standards for many peoples. At the end of the 20th century (1992) coal powered trains were replaced by diesel powered ones. Many people who had only sinter contracts were seriously affected.
caption: Sinter contract in Elangakurichy(1980)
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