Odanthurai is a village located in

Mettupalayam Mettupalayam may refer to: * Mettupalayam, Coimbatore Mettupalayam is a municipality town and taluk of the Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest town in the Coimbatore District. It's located to the North ...

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, India in the

Coimbatore district Coimbatore district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Coimbatore is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educ ...

of the state

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. It is governed by the

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system, and is a part of the

Karamadai Karamadai is located near Mettupalayam, a Neighborhood of Mettupalayam, Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on Coimbatore - Ooty NH 67. Nearby places are Teachers colony, Press Colony, Jodhipuram and Periyanaickenpalayam. ...

block along with 20 other villages. Odanthurai is notable for its implementation of the Green House Project Scheme through which the village produces electricity for its own use, as well as for the

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (abbreviated as TNEB) is a power generation and distribution company owned by Government of Tamil Nadu, India. It was created as a regulated monopoly under section 131 of the Electricity Act (2003) as a successor o ...

(TNEB).

Demographics

The total area of the village is 1,200 hectares. The total population of the village as per the census 2011 is 5,399 with number of households 1,529. The location code of Odanthurai is 644347.

Industries

The village of Odanthurai is famous for its jams & leather polishing powder. Main agricultural crops include bananas,

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, and

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In News

The village received international attention for its energy self-sufficiency initiative.

Population

There are total 1,529 families residing in Odanthurai. The population consists of 2,686 males and 2,713 females. As of 2011 the literacy rate was 71.3%.

References

{{coord, 11.314, 76.926, type:city_region:IN, display=title Villages in Coimbatore district