Kalapatti

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Kalapatti
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Kalapatti
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°04′18″N77°02′26″E / 11.07167°N 77.04056°E / 11.07167; 77.04056
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Coimbatore
Population
 (2001)
 • Total22,089
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
641048
Telephone code+91-422
Vehicle registration TN38

Kalapatti is a neighborhood of Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 17 km North-East direction, within the city limits. Now Kalapatti is merged with Corporation of Coimbatore. Because of an increase of information technology (IT) companies surrounding in and around Kalapatti like Peelamedu, HopeCollege, Saravanampatti there is a fast rapid improvement in this place. The Coimbatore International Airport is just about 7 km from Kalapatti.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [1] Kalapatti had a population of 22,089. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kalapatti has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%. In Kalapatti, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Agriculture

Kalapatti had agriculture as its key business until the late 1980s. The cotton industry was also famous. The key crop was corn and vegetables like tomato, brinjal and okra.

Kalapatti was the head place for the surrounding suburbs of Valiyampalayam, Vilankurichi, Veeriyampalayam, Kaikolapalayam and Mylampatti.

Commerce

The start of Sharp industries in 1976 turned the key for its developments. Later a lot of machining industries (lathes) and motor industries grew up. Today some of the world class motor pumpset brands Sharp, Ventura, Fisher and Point originate from Kalapatti . Pioneers in electronics Indus Electronics India (P) Ltd is also from Kalappati. The Solar Water factory of Hykon Group companies, Hykon India Limited is located at Kalapatti. Kalapatti has the geographical advantage of in midway between two National highways, Avinashi road NH-47 and Sathy road NH-209.

The southern part of the suburb, which is closer to NH-47, had better development when compared to the other parts of the suburbs. The southern part of the suburb known as Nehru nagar is well known for the rapid growth in recent years (1998–2009).

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References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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