Korakkattur
Korakkattur is a small village which in Gobichettipalayam taluk, Erode district. Korakkattur is also called Korakkattupudur. This place comes under two panchayats which are Vellankovil and Kadukkampalayam. The village is also split between two MLA constituencies, Gobichettipalayam and Anthiyur. The Kariya Kalli Amman Kovil and Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Hanuman temple usually conducts a festival in February or March. There is also a Mariamman Temple located at this village which holds a seven-day festival in May. Korakkattur village is mainly dependent on agriculture, producing sugar cane, turmeric, rice, and other produce. The main water source is the LBP canal Lower Bhavani Project Canal is a long irrigation canal which runs in Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India. The canal is a valley-side contour canal, fed by Bhavanisagar Dam and irrigates 2.07 lakh hectares of land.

Gobichettipalayam Taluk
Gobichettipalayam taluk is a taluk of Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Gobichettipalayam. Recently, this taluk together with Sathyamangalam Taluk was reorganised to form Nambiyur Taluk. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Gobichettipalayam had a population of 376,209 with 186,702 males and 189,507 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 64.97. Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,736 Males and 13,469 Females. Constituents Gobichettipalayam taluk consists of one municipality, nine panchayat towns and 55 panchayat villages. The following are the constituents: Municipality *Gobichettipalayam Panchayat towns Panchayat villages *Akkarai Kodiveri * Alukuli * Ammapalayam *Andipalayam *Anjanur *Arrakkankottaigramam *Avalampalayam *Ayalur *Chandrapuram *Emmampoondi *Gudakkarai *Irugalur *Kadasellipalayam *Kadathur * Kadukkampalayam * Kalingiyam * ...
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Panchayati Raj In India
Panchayati Raj (Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities. It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized. They are tasked with "economic development, strengthening social justice and implementation of Central and State Government Schemes including those 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule." Part IX of the Indian Constitution is the section of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats. It stipulates that in states or Union Territories with more than two million inhabitants there are three levels of PRIs: *the Gram Panchayats at village level *the Mandal Parishad or Block ''Samiti'' or Panchayat Samiti at block level and *the Zila Parishad at district level. In states or Union Territories with less than two million inhabitants there are only two levels of PRIs. The Gram Sabha consists of all registere ...
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