page_title: Kansapuram
section_title: Agriculture
hierarchical_section_title: Kansapuram / Agriculture
caption_attribution_description: English: On the way to athi koil from the mandapam on the foothills of marakaa puchi mottai
context_page_description: Kansapuram is a village in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 2 kilometres south of Koomapatti and 7 kilometres west of Watrap. Kansapuram has road connections to the district headquarters of Southern Tamil Nadu including Madurai, Virudhunagar, and Tirunelveli. Tourist attractions such as Courtallam, Madurai, Kodaikanal, and Tiruchendur are day trips from Kansapuram.
context_section_description: Kansapuram is situated near the source of the Arjuna River. There is a dam here for irrigation called Pilavakal dam. Agriculture is the primary livelihood. The main work is cultivation of paddies, coconut and cotton,sugarcane with paddy cultivation being the most important.
  There are two harvest seasons in a year for paddy & cotton. One is Kaalam when the crop is harvested in the month of Thai and the other being Kodai meaning summer harvest. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get manual labour for farm work including harvest when huge harvesting machines are pressed into service. People were dependent on bullock carts to a great extent in the not so remote past and it has really become a thing of the past now.  Tractors are used for farming extensively - dry and wet ploughing, harvested paddy transportation, even for transporting people. The area has a number of coconut groves, fruit plantations (jack fruit, mango), etc.
caption: Amidst the cattle in an Auto!
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