Palladam

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Palladam

Palladam is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Palladam is situated 38 Kms away from Coimbatore which is "The Manchester of South India". The city, Palladam is surrounded by power looms and poultry. Tiruppur, which is famous for banian and export cotten knitware industry is 13 Kms away from it. Palladam had a population of 29,145. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Palladam has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 65%. In Palladam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Palladam lies in the outskirts of Coimbatore City. It structures to the length & breadth - 7x5 Kms. It has a population of Men - 18, 000 and Women - 22, 000 totally 40, 000 mostly consisting of, Cotton Community people and most engaged in agriculture of Cotton and Tobacco. Most of the population are in Lower, Middle class people earning their living on daily wages. Palladam is a major Panchayat with large source of income collected from the business community. It has it own Library. In and around Palladam there are many weaving centres & knitting centres ,hatchery meant for export to foreign countries, earning foreign exchange.

Palladam is located at 10.98° N 77.3° E. It has an average elevation of 325 metres (1066 feet).

Palladam

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