Punjai Puliampatti is a

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in the Erode district of

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Geography

Punjai Puliampatti is a municipal town in the northwest of the Erode district. It belongs to the

Sathyamangalam taluk Sathyamangalam taluk is a taluk of Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sathyamangalam. Recently, this taluk has been bifurcated to form the new Thalavadi taluk Thalavadi taluk is a taluk ...

and Bhavanisagar state assembly constituency, and the

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parliamentary constituency. Geologically, Punjai Puliampatti has three main types of soils: red loam (70%), black loam (20%), and red sand (10%). In general, the soil in and around the town is fertile and good for agricultural purposes. The temperature is a mild average of throughout the year except during summer where temperatures can increase drastically with highs up to and lows up to . There are an average of 40 rainy days per year, making the ground very dry, and any rainfall the area receives can be meagre, uncertain or unequally distributed.Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Punjai Puliampatti
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Demographics

As of 2019, the towns population numbers around 30,000, with about 1000 commercial electrical connections and about 8,500 households. According to the

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, Punjai Puliampatti had a population of 18,967. The town contained 5,480 households, and the male-to-female ratio was 1,003 females for every 1,000 males, which is above the national average.

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accounted for 20.4% and 0.04% of the population respectively. The average town literacy rate was 74.4% compared to the national average of 72.99%. There were a total of 8,629 workers: 184 cultivators, 500 main agricultural labourers, 553 in household industries, 6,794 other workers, 598 marginal workers, 11 marginal cultivators, 48 marginal agrarian labourers, 40 marginal workers in household industries and 499 other marginal workers.

Religion

According to the religious census of 2011, the population of Punjai Puliampatti was 90.04%

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, 7.66%

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

, 2.14%

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

, 0.01%

Sikhs Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ...

, 0.01%

Buddhists Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

, 0.0%

Jains Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

, and 0.15% persons of other religions.

Transport

The town is connected to nearby towns and major cities by roads. It connects with three main roads passing through the town: The NH 948 passing through the town leads to

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, and the SH-166 connects with Bhavanisagar and

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The nearest bypass road is

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, at a distance of away. MDR-889 leads to Puliampatti via Bhavanisagar Road by crossing State Highway 15, as well as nearby major roads MDR-888 and MDR-888A.

Industry

Punjai Puliampatti workers are mostly employed in the

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and secondary sectors. The workforce is made up of about 42% of industry workers, 18% in small industries (small scale and cottage industries), 12% in agriculture and 28% in trading or other activities. There are some industries within the jurisdiction of the local body. The town also serves as an important source of supply for agricultural inputs such as tobacco for adjoining areas.

Economy

The main source of income for Punjai Puliampatti comes from trading and small businesses along with agriculture. There are also many spinning mills and weaving units in and around the town. Others commute to Coimbatore for work and education. It is an industrial area that includes around 70

textile mills Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods s ...

. The workforce is made up of about 42% of industry workers, 18% in small industries (small scale and cottage industries), 12% in agriculture and 28% in trading or other activities. It has a weekly market covering an area of 45 acres, which brings in an annual income of 40

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s for the municipality. The total area of the sandy is about 45 acres that makes it one of the largest weekly markets in Tamil Nadu. The cattle market starts Wednesday and ends on Thursday every week and the sales goes around 2 crores on that day.

References

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