What is "paravakottai"

''' Paravakkottai ''' is a village in the Mannargudi Taluk of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by many Rivers, Ponds, Paddy and Banana fields. Paravakkottai consist of many streets like North street, South street, Middle street, Thilagar Street, Main Road street, Saminathan street. The streets are elegantly arranged in such a manner that all the streets end in the river bed. The nearby town to the north is Mannargudi and south is Madukkur. Paravakkottai earns a good amount of foreign money through its globally spread out community. Each family has at least one member working abroad. Most of them are in Singapore only. So this village is also called as "kutty Singapore" (mini Singapore).