Kalpadi is a panchayat village of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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History

The historical name of Kalpady is very famous for its festivals. Every 4 years 3 festivals have conducted by this village.In the period of kulothunga chola made two important temples, the first one lord siva "sokkanathar" temple. Another one lard vinava perumal temple. These two temples are very old around 1000 years ago.

Hamlet villages of Kalpady are Kalpady, K.Eraiyur, Neduvasal & Eraiyasamudram. This village panchayat contains 9 wards. 3 wards in Kalpady, 2 in Eraiyur, 2 in Neduvasal and 2 in Eraiyasamudram. Kalpady panchayat is one of the earning property of Perambalur District from Blackstone mines. This village contains Hindus(98%) and Muslims(2%).

Geography

The geographic coordinates are 11.19°N 78.92°E
This is a beautiful and greenish Village. There are so many streams around this village like Maruthaiyaaru (மருதையாறு ) on so on. The geographical location of Kalpady is given below.

Agriculture and Major Crops

Rice and Sugar cane are grown as a major commercial crop. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered packers of black soil. This village consists mainly of glade soil

Glade (geography)

A glade or clearing is an open area within a woodland. Glades are often grassy meadows under the canopy of deciduous trees such as red alder or quaking aspen in western North America. They also represent openings in forests where local conditions such as avalanches, poor soils, or fire damage have...

. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Cotton is also grown in many places.

The crops grown in Kalpadi include

• Paddy
• Sugar cane
• Banana
• Coconut
• Cotton
• Turmeric
• Corn
• Groundnut
• Sago
• Millet.

Education

In Kalpady panchayat have four schools:

• Government High School, Kalpady .
• Panchayat Union Primary School, Eraiyasamudram.
• Panchayat Union Primary School, Neduvasal.
• Panchayat Union Middle School, Eraiyur.

There are somany educted peoples are living in Kalpady, i.e., Teachers, Professor , Scientist, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, on so on..