Pallapalayam is a panchayat town in Erode district

Erode District

Erode District is a western district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with Erode as its headquarters. Until the year 1996, Erode district was called as Periyar District....

 in the India

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 of Tamil Nadu

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, Pallapalayam had a population of 6499. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pallapalayam has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 41%. In Pallapalayam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.