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About Palladam
Palladam (பல்லடம்) is a suburb of the city Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a town panchayat of Tirupur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It was recently merged with the newly formed Tirupur district, but it is still considered to be associated with the Coimbatore city by a lot of the localities. 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.
Geography
Palladam is located at 10.98°N 77.3°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 325 metres (1066 feet). Palladam is located 38Km south of the city Coimbatore, ’’Manchester of South India’’’ and Tirupur (15 km away) which is called the 'Dollar City' of Tamil Nadu. Palladam is the gateway for Coimbatore from the Southern parts Tamil Nadu.
Transport and Communication
Palladam is well-connected with Coimbatore city and other neighbouring suburbs through roads.It lies on the routes of Nagapattinam - Coimbatore National Highway 67. Sulur is also close to palladam. The nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport about 35 km south of the city from Palladam via Sulur & L&T bypass Road.There is no rail transport to the town. The nearest Railway Station is at Tirupur, about 16 km away from Palladam.The key public mass transport for the people here is the buses run by the State Government & Private Sector thus providing a competitive service to the people. Palladam's geographical location enables it to be a regional hub for many long distance travelers to and from the twin cities "Coimbatore & Tirupur".
Business
The main business are Poultry, Textiles, Agriculture, Wind Mill and Stone Crushing.
In and around Palladam there are many weaving and knitting centres mostly meant for export to foreign countries, thus earning foreign exchange. Most of the major textile houses are set up as vertically integrated units enabling them to produce clothing at a better quality and competitive price. This sector along with the poultry sector provides direct and indirect employment to numerous people in the region. The region also attracts labourers from other part of the nation.
The Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving Park (India's First and Largest Hi tech Textile weaving Park) was commissioned in 2008 and is one of the nations advanced weaving parks. It is a cluster of the textile industry and contains a variety of textile factories. This park serves as a model for the different other textile parks that been planned by the Govt. of INDIA (GoI).
Major Indian Poultry firms are from this region, some of the well known poultry farms are Suguna Poultry Farms, Pioneer Poultry Group, Shanthi Poultry Group, Swathi Poultry Farms (Hatcheries), which are in the Indian Poultry industry. The chickens raised here are transported to nearby states and these companies have also set up similar contract farming in other parts of the nation. Palladam Broiler Rate is the benchmark in the Indian Poultry industry. The Broiler rates are fixed by the BCC called as Broiler Coordination Committee. It is a very powerful organization in the Indian Poultry Industry. Its members are one of the leading poultry integrators in INDIA.
The Windmills installed here ranges from as low as 200 Kw to 2000 Kw. The power generated by these windmills largely accounts for the State's Electricity Supply & INDIA's highest installed wind capacity is in and around this town. Thus it is also known as the green city for its renewable expertise. This industry also accounts for both direct and indirect employment to the communities nearby.
Agriculture has a great history in Palladam right from the introduction of modern farming in the early 1980s to the plantation of variety of medicinal and other trial based plantation till date. The people of Palladam have always relied upon Agriculture like many other towns in INDIA. The association with Agriculture hasn't largely diminished over the years due to the continuous involvement of community & the participation from the younger generation.
The primary vegetation was cotton in the early 1970s and 1980s at the time of the textile boom. Later the town adopted the Maize crop with the boom in the Poultry industry thus aiding the industries with local supplies to compete with both quality and pricing.
Other vegetation are largely based on the local demands like common vegetables consumed by the house holds like the Onions (both small & big), Tomatoes, Brinjal, Okra, Peas, etc. Large amount of Cattle & Poultry in the region also leads to vegetation consumed by them.
Currently this industry is not doing well due to insufficient and un-timely rains along with the decrease in the ground water levels by significant amount in the recent years.
Also, young engineers in and around palladam are growing faster in IT Field and located throughout the world. Its basically hardwork and true nature of this field. Placed in Wipro, TCS, HCL, Accenture..
Palladam a textile city
Palladam, a textile city is 38 kms from Coimbatore and the city is surrounded by many handloom industries and poultry. The population here is approximately 40,000. Tirupur which is a Little Japan is 13 kms from Palladam. The people here are involved mainly in Agriculture like Cotton and Tobacco. Most of the people here are not rich, as they are daily wage earning people. There are many industries like Knitting, Weaving and hatchery industries which earn foreign exchange for the city. There are 150 powerloom owners in and around Palladam. There is a Hitech Weaving park in Palladam. Mr Senthil Kumar is Chairman and Managing Director of Hitech Weaving Park. The two famous musicians Sanjeeva Rao, Prananathachar have lived here and practiced vocal. Both the musicians have captured a special place for them in the musical world.
Others
It has 3 Cinema theatres namely Alankar, SAPS and GB Deluxe Cinema Theatre.Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Palladam had a population of 49,145. 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.
Places near by
Kuppusamynaidupuram, Karadivavi.
Politics
Palladam assembly constituency is part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency
