Pallipalayam
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Pallipalayam is a sub-urban town in Namakkal district
, India
. It is located across the city of Erode
, besides the Kaveri River. It falls under Tiruchengode
sub-district and Komarapalayam Legislative Constituency and Erode Parliamentary Constituency. The panchayat was constituted in the year 1963, and it was upgraded to Third Grade Municipality on October 7, 2004.. It has a population of 35,635 (2001 census) and an extent area of 4.70 km2. The town is divided into 21 wards.
Pallipalayam is the birth place of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
.
Until 2010, this locality came under the Integrated Erode Urban Agglomeration. But as per 2011 Census alignments, Pallipalayam
and its surroundings has been moved to Komarapalayam Urban Agglomeration, which is having a population of around 2 Lakhs.
Pallipalayam municipality had a population of 57,485. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pallipalayam has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 54%. In Pallipalayam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Namakkal District
Namakkal District is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was bifurcated from Salem District with Namakkal town as Head Quarters on 25-07-1996 and started to function independently from 01-01-1997...
, 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...
. It is located across the city of Erode
Erode
Erode is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about southwest from the state capital Chennai and on the banks of the rivers Cauvery and Bhavani, between 11° 19.5"...
, besides the Kaveri River. It falls under Tiruchengode
Tiruchengode
-Location:Tiruchengode is in south India in the state of Tamil Nadu, approximately 18 km from the City of Erode, 44 km from Salem, and 35 km from Namakkal.-Major Occupations:...
sub-district and Komarapalayam Legislative Constituency and Erode Parliamentary Constituency. The panchayat was constituted in the year 1963, and it was upgraded to Third Grade Municipality on October 7, 2004.. It has a population of 35,635 (2001 census) and an extent area of 4.70 km2. The town is divided into 21 wards.
Pallipalayam is the birth place of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was a Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions...
.
Until 2010, this locality came under the Integrated Erode Urban Agglomeration. But as per 2011 Census alignments, Pallipalayam
Pallipalayam
Pallipalayam is a sub-urban town in Namakkal district, India. It is located across the city of Erode, besides the Kaveri River. It falls under Tiruchengode sub-district and Komarapalayam Legislative Constituency and Erode Parliamentary Constituency. The panchayat was constituted in the year 1963,...
and its surroundings has been moved to Komarapalayam Urban Agglomeration, which is having a population of around 2 Lakhs.
Demographics
India censusCensus
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...
Pallipalayam municipality had a population of 57,485. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pallipalayam has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 54%. In Pallipalayam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.