Ettimadai is a suburb of Coimbatore

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

 in the state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Ettimadai is located between Coimbatore city

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

 and Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 on the NH47 at the Tamil Nadu - Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 border. Ettimadai is one of the fast growing western suburb. It comes under the Coimbatore Corporation. There is Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham or Amrita University is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, NAAC A grade accredited, research and teaching university located in India. The university spread across eight acre campuses in the three states of South India, in Kerala at Amritapuri and Kochi, in Tamil Nadu at...

 University, along with its schools of engineering

Amrita School of Engineering

Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, Coimbatore , located on a sprawling campus at the foot hills of the Western Ghats, is one of the leading engineering institutions in India...

, mass communication, social work and business are situated here. There are other colleges such as Venkateshwara College of Business and Computer Applications. Amrita Vidyalayam, a chain of schools run by Mata Amritanandamayi Math

Mata Amritanandamayi Math

The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is an international charitable organization aimed at the spiritual and material upliftment of humankind, without regard to caste, creed or religion...

 has setup a school near the campus of the university.

Location

This place is approximately 21 km from coimbatore city centre and 34 km from Palakkad. Ettimadai as a suburb encloses other small villages, namely K.G. Chavadi, ChinnayaGounden Pudhur, Muruganpatti, Solakkarai and Modamaatti. Ettimadai is well known for its natural scenic beauty of mountain ranges since it is located along the foot hills of the western Ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

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Transport

It has a railway station. All passenger trains running between Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore Junction erstwhile Kovai junction, is the railway station located in heart of the city Coimbatore. The station code is CBE. It has 6 platforms. It is a Major Railway junction in South India and the second busiest railway station in Tamil Nadu in terms of passenger movement...

 and Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 stop here.

Ettimadai is connected to other places of the city by the following bus routes:

S2- Ettimadai to Ukkadam

Ukkadam

Ukkadam is a neighbourhood of the city of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.- Demographics :Most of the inhabitants are followers of Hinduism. However, there is a considerable presence of Muslims. The Kottaimedu area of Ukkadam has a strong Muslim majority...

(via Townhall)
S48- Gandhipuram bus terminal to Velanthaavalam(via Ettimadai)
S96- connects this place with Gandhipuram bus terminal to Waalayar(via Ettimadai)

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Ettimadai had a population of 7887. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ettimadai has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 46%. In Ettimadai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.