Modakurichi is a
Panchayat town
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and Taluk headquarters in
Erode district in the
India
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...
. It is located as a suburb 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 ...
City, at a distance of 15 km from Erode City Central Bus Terminus and 8 km from Solar Bus Station. Karur main road 2 km from modakurichi (Thurapalayam-panjalingapuram).
List of villages
* Panjalingapuram
* Thurapalayam
* Manjakattuvalasu
* Selambagoundenpalayam
* Unampalam
* Kattupalayam
* Alangakattuvalasu
* Olappalayam
* Velampalayam
* Unjapalayam
* Aluthupalayam
*
Lakkapuram
* Attavanai Anumanpalli
* Mugasi Anumanpalli
*Kariya Goundan Valasu
*Aanandhampalayam
*Elumathur
Demographics
India
census
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, Modakurichi had a population of 10,036. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Modakurichi has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 52%. In Modakurichi, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Modakurichi assembly constituency is part of
Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)
Erode Lok Sabha constituency ( ta, ஈரோடு மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.
Assembly Segments
Erode Lok Sabha constitu ...
. In Modakurichi Assembly Constituency of Tamil Nadu there were 1033 contesting candidates during the general election to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1996 setting a new record.
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Neighborhoods
*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 ...
* Solar
* Vilakkethi
* Sivagiri
* NanchaiUthukkuli
* Kaspapettai
* Mullamparappu
* Avalpoondurai
* Moolappalayam
* Muthur
* Arachalur
References
Cities and towns in Erode district
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