Gangaikondan is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in Tirunelveli district and a suburb of Tirunelveli city in the state of

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. It is located about 20 km north of

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...

on the way to

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. It is one of the industrial hubs of Tirunelveli. Gangaikondan is well known for its Arulmigu Anandavalli Udan Kailasnathar Kovil.

Geography

Gangaikondan is located at . It has an average elevation of 47 metres (154 feet).

Demographics

India

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, Gangaikondan had a population of 10,254. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gangaikondan has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 65%. In Gangaikondan, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Industrial development

The ELCOT IT Park located there houses one of the global development centers (GDCs) of major IT outsourcing, IT consulting and BPO firm

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. A 400-million-

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(95 million US dollar) tyre manufacturing facility is run by Yokohama Rubber Company owned Alliance Tire Company Tires Private Limited at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (

SIPCOT The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (SIPCOT) ( ta, தமிழ்நாடு அரசு தொழில் முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் (வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது) ...

)

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having a capacity to make 54,000 tonnes a year with a direct and indirect workforce of around 1800. Bosch India Limited operates a 5800 m² plant for manufacturing gasoline systems division products by which Bosch is working to reducing its imports significantly. An

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LPG bottling plant, which is the largest in the state, is being constructed there and is expected to have a capacity to fill 36,000 cylinders every day. The town is home to one of Kovilpatti Lakshmi Roller Flour Mills' flour and textile divisions, and is where the company was established in 1964, with a 46,800 MT flour mill. It also provides employment specifically for the region.

References

Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district {{Tirunelveli-geo-stub