Kalpadi is a panchayat village of
Perambalur district,
Tamil Nadu
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India
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History
The historical name of Kalpady is very famous for its festivals. Every four years, three festivals have been conducted by this village. In the period of kulothunga chola made two important temples, the first one lord siva "sokkanathar" temple. Another one lard vinava perumal temple. These two temples are very old around 1000 years ago.
Hamlet villages of Kalpady ar
Kalpady K.Eraiyur, Neduvasal & Eraiyasamudram. This village panchayat contains nine wards – wards in Kalpady, two in Eraiyur, two in Neduvasal and two in Eraiyasamudram. Kalpady panchayat is one of the earning property of Perambalur District from
Blackstone mines. This village contains Hindus(98%) and Muslims(2%).
Geography
The geographic coordinates are
This is a beautiful and greenish Village. There are so many streams around this village like Maruthaiyaaru (மருதையாறு) and so on. The geographical location of Kalpady is given below.
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Perambalur
Perambalur is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of Perambalur district and Perambalur ''taluk'' (sub-district). census, the town had a population of 49,648.
There are a set of 11th century Buddha statues aroun ...
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Chennai
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Thittakudi
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, West = NH45
, Centre = Kalpady/கல்பாடி
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Ariyalur
, Southwest = Siruvachur
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Trichy
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Thanjavur
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Agriculture and Major Crops
Rice and Sugar cane are grown as a major commercial crop. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered packers of black soil. This village consists mainly of
glade soil. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Cotton is also grown in many places.
The crops grown in Kalpadi include
*Paddy
*Sugar cane
*Banana
*Coconut
*Cotton
*Turmeric
*Corn
*Groundnut
*Sago
*Millet.
Education
In Kalpady panchayat have four schools:
*Government High School, Kalpady .
*Panchayat Union Primary School, Eraiyasamudram.
*Panchayat Union Primary School, Neduvasal.
*Panchayat Union Middle School, Eraiyur.
There are many educated people living in Kalpady, i.e., Teachers, Professor, Scientist, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, and so on.
External links
Perambalur District Official WebSite
Villages in Perambalur district