Pallipalayam is a

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Namakkal district Namakkal District is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was bifurcated from Salem District with Namakkal town as headquarters on 25 July 1996 and started to function independentl ...

in Komarapalayam taluk in the

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. It is the headquarter of the Pallipalayam block As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,140. It is Twin city of

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the ...

and shares its Pincode with Erode.

Geography

It is located on one side of River Cauvery, while Erode is on the other side. It is located at 6 km from '' Erode Junction'' and 5 km from Erode Bus Station and 60 km from the south of '' Salem''. Pallipalayam Town is located along (

Tiruchengode Tiruchengode is a city and selection grade municipality located in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for the ancient hilltop temple of Umaiorubagan (Arthanāreeshwara), dedicated to the unique combined male-female form of Lord S ...

), (

- Kumarapalayam) and (

- Sankagiri) State Highways. This town is surrounded in the north by Pallipalayam Agrharam and in the south by Pudupalayam Village Panchayat, Alampalayam Village Panchayat forms the physical boundaries of Pallipalayam in eastern directions and Erode Municipal Corporation forms the boundary along western side. Pallipalayam gets rainfall during both South West and North East monsoon winds. During this season the

Cauvery River The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dist ...

floods and creates problems for residents living near the river bank.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Pallipalayam had a population of 40,140 with a sex-ratio of 987 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 3,707 were under the age of six, constituting 1,872 males and 1,835 females.

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accounted for 3.41% and 0.07% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 66.47%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 11,210 households. There were a total of 21,194 workers, comprising 38 cultivators, 79 main agricultural labourers, 513 in house hold industries, 19,674 other workers, 890 marginal workers, 12 marginal cultivators, 12 marginal agricultural labourers, 32 marginal workers in household industries and 834 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Pallipalayam had 97.07%

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, 1.81%

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, 0.99%

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'' (Χρ ...

, 0.0% Sikhs, 0.0% Buddhists, 0.0%

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, 0.1% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

Economy

Textile based activities such as fabric manufacturing and yarn manufacturing is the major economic activity in this town. Fabrics such as yarn dyed fabrics, griege fabrics, printed fabrics, linen fabrics, sheeting fabrics, voile fabrics, poplin fabrics, organic cotton woven fabric and canvas fabric is manufactured in this town using auto-looms and power looms factory. 100% viscose and Polyester viscose yarn are also manufactured in the spinning mills in this area. It is located very closer to Erode, a well known textile centre. The Chicken Variety named after the town,"Pallipalayam Chicken" is famous all over Tamil Nadu and in other states. This area is famous for manufacturing Dhotis and Lungis.

Municipal administration

Its Legislative Constituency is Komarapalayam and Parliamentary Constituency is

Neighborhoods

(15 km) * Erode Bus Terminus (5 km) * Erode junction Train station (6 km) * Komarapalayam (10 km) * Sankagiri (19 km) *

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(12 km) * Moolapatrai (4 km) * Moolapalayam (7 km) * Solar (12 km) * V. O. C. Park (5 km) * Panneerselvam Park (6 km)

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Namakkal district