Idappadi taluk

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Edappadi is a taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] The administrative centre is the town of Edappadi. The taluk contains two panchayat towns, Konganapuram and Poolampatti, [2] and ten panchayat villages. [3] The Edappadi revenue block is coterminous with the taluk.

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Brick manufacturing is prevalent in Pakkandu panchayat which is famous for its red soil. The rock deposited area of western Kavadikaranoor village is famous for granite quarries.

The taluk has a considerable migrating population that comes in to cut the sugarcane crop. Crops in the area are mostly rainfed except for irrigation in Nedungulam panchayat which lies on the banks of Cauvery River. Sarabanga is a river flowing through Edappadi leads to a lake.

In the 1800s major and wealthy community in the edappadi town was Chettiar community. Majority of meenavar community people migrated to Edappadi town from nearby villages and distant villages as well during 1900s. Now, most of the people in the taluk belong to the meenavar and Vanniyar and Kongu Vellalar and some notable Chettiar community. The taluk also has sizeable count of Adi Dravidar and some other people also with brotherhood relation.

The chairman of the panchayat union council in 2012 was Thiru A. Madhes.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Edappadi had a population of 222,856 with 116,241 males and 106,615 females. There were 917 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 57.03. The child population in the age group below 6 was 10,962 males and 9,755 females. [4]

Villages

The ten panchayat villages of Edappadi taluk are: [5] [3] [6]

Other villages include: [2]

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Idappadi block is a revenue block in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 10 panchayat villages. They are:

  1. Adaiyur
  2. Avaniperur East
  3. Chettimankurichi
  4. Chithoor
  5. Dhadhapuram
  6. Iruppali
  7. Nedungulam
  8. Pakkanadu
  9. Vellarivelli
  10. Vembaneri

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RamanaickenPalayam is a village panchayat in the Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Vembaneri is an agricultural village. Vembaneri is a village panchayat located in Idappadi taluk of Salem district in Tamil Nadu. It is 35 km by road west of Salem. It comes under Idappadi legislative constituency and Salem Parliament constituency. It is 12 km from Idappadi and Chinnappampatti. It is surrounded with a number of villages. Most of the people in the village belong to the Vanniar people. Vembaneri Village total population is 3542 and the number of houses are 952. Female population is 45.6%. Sarabanga is a river flowing in this area. Its Postal Identification Number (PIN) is 637105.

References

  1. ↑ "Taluk Information: Salem District: Edappadi Block - Panchayat Villages". Salem District. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Salem: Edappadi". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  3. 1 2 "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Idappadi, Salem, Tamil Nadu". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Taluk Information: Salem District: Idappadi Block - Panchayat Villages". Salem District. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Map: Salem: Idappadi Block - Panchayat Villages".


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