Palacode taluk

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Palacode taluk is a taluk in the Dharmapuri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Palacode. Part of Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary is located in this taluk.

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Geography

Palacode is located on the northwest region of Tamil Nadu in Dharmapuri district with an average elevation of 533 meters above MSL. The terrain can be described as rolling in nature. [1] The taluk extends to an area of 73,267 h.a, covering 16% of the district's total area. [2] The various proportional area divisions are: [3]

  1. Forests - 31.86%
  2. Barren Lands - 3.17%
  3. Non Agricultural use -3.4%
  4. Cultivable Waste Land - 0.35%
  5. Permanent Cultivated Land and Grassland - 0.90%
  6. Current Fallow - 1.74%
  7. Other Fallow Lands - 0.65%

The taluk has reserves ofblack granite.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Palakkodu had a population of 345,906 with 178,514 males and 167,392 females. There were 938 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 41.04%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 20,954 Males and 18,600 Females. [4]

Some Important Places

Dharmapuri District Co Operative Sugar Mills Limited

This is a co-operative sugar mill established in the year 1971-72. The present crushing capacity of the mill is 2000 M.T. [5] A polytechnic college (named Dharmapuri District Co-op. Sugar Mills Polytechnic College) was established in 1985 under the management of the sugar-mill. [6]

Government Polytechnic College

The college was established by the state government in 2010 in Boomandahalli village and extends to an area of 5 acres. The Government College of Engineering, Dharmapuri is also functioning here temporarily.

Modhur village

A small village near Dharmapuri has been found to be archaeologically significant as historians have revealed that it has been inhabited since the Neolithic age, about 10,000 years ago.

Historians, who have been studying inscriptions and tools found in the area, are of the opinion that Modhur, situated about fifteen kilo metres from Dharmapuri town, was highly civilised and was most probably the capital for the Athiyaman kingdom. Stone hammers, grinding stones, rubbing stones, stone balls, and a terracotta statue of the mother goddess were excavated in the village.

Nearly 17 varieties of stones tools were used by the people of Modhur that dates back to a period about 10,000 years back. "The Neolithic people who lived here were highly civilised and there is evidence that the people were engaged in agriculture," said S Selvaraj, a retired regional assistant director, department of archaeology.

Modhur is an important historical site, situated about 15 km from Dharmapuri. The antiquity of Modhur village went back to the Neolithic age (about 10,000 years old). It had a succession of habitations. In the surface collection, the site yielded black and red ware, slipped ware and few grey pottery of the Megalithic period (about 3,000 years old). Two hero stone inscriptions of the Hoysala king were also found. More than 20 megalithic burials were found at Tirumalvadi, near Modhur. [7] A Chola period inscription of the 10th century, which was found in the village, indicated that Chola kings had imposed tax for marriages. [8]

Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary

On 12 March 2014, the Government of Tamil Nadu declared Cauvery North Wild Life Sanctuary under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 26-A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 in Gazette No.II(2)/EF/254/2014 covering the protected area of Palacode taluk of Dharmapuri forest division and Denkanikottai taluk of Hosur forest division in northern western Tamil Nadu.

List of village panchayats

Reference [9]

  1. Adilam
  2. Amanimallapuram
  3. Annamalai Hally
  4. Athimutlu
  5. Baisuhally
  6. Bandarahalli
  7. Baragur
  8. Battalahalli
  9. Belamaranahalli
  10. Bellarahalli
  11. Bevuhalli
  12. Bikkanahalli golasanahalli
  13. Bodikuttapalli
  14. Bolapakutthanahalli
  15. Bommaandahalli
  16. Bommahalli
  17. Booganahalli
  18. Boppidi
  19. Budihalli
  20. Chettihalli
  21. Chikkadoranabetta
  22. Chikkamarandahalli
  23. Chinnagoundanahalli
  24. Chinnamanahalli
  25. Elumichanahally
  26. Erranahalli
  27. Erraseegalahally
  28. Erukuttahalli
  29. Eruthukuttahalli
  30. Gidanahalli
  31. Gudlanahalli
  32. Gujjarahalli
  33. Gummanur
  34. Guttalahalli
  35. Hanumanthapuram
  36. Indamangalam
  37. Jakkasamudram
  38. Jarthalav
  39. Jittandahally
  40. Kalappanahalli
  41. Kanavanahalli
  42. Kandenahalli
  43. Karagoor
  44. Karagathahalli
  45. Karimangalam
  46. Karugkamaranahalli
  47. Karukkanahalli
  48. Kattanahally
  49. Keragodahalli
  50. Kondasamanahalli
  51. Kottumaranahalli
  52. Kumbarahally
  53. Kuravandahalli
  54. Mahendramangalam
  55. Mallikuttai
  56. Marandahalli
  57. Maravadi
  58. Modugulahalli
  59. Molapannahalli
  60. Mottalur
  61. Mukkulam
  62. Murukalnatham
  63. Murukkampatty
  64. Naganampatty
  65. Nallur
  66. Nammandahalli
  67. Nariyanahalli
  68. Nelamaruthahalli
  69. P.Chettihalli
  70. P.Gollahalli
  71. Padi
  72. Palacode
  73. Panjapalli
  74. Pappanaickanpatty
  75. Patchikanapalli
  76. Periyanahalli
  77. Periyanur
  78. Poonadanahalli
  79. Pothalahalli
  80. Pulikallu
  81. Pulikarai
  82. Rangampatty
  83. Salliampatty
  84. Samanoor
  85. Sanganpasuvanthalav
  86. Sekkodi
  87. Senrayanahalli
  88. Serandapuram
  89. Serenahalli
  90. Sethikanahalli
  91. Sikkadoranabettam
  92. Sikkarthanahalli
  93. Soddanur
  94. Thandukaranahalli
  95. Thellanahalli
  96. Thimarayanahalli
  97. Thindal
  98. Thirumalvadi
  99. Thomalahalli
  100. Thonenahalli
  101. Thumbalahalli
  102. Upparahalli
  103. Velakalahalli

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