Pilchinnampalayam

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Pilchinnampalayam is a village located in Pollachi Taluk, in the Coimbatore District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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VillagePilchinnampalayam
TalukPollachi
DistrictCoimbatore
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
ContinentAsia
Time ZoneIST ( UTC + 05:30)
CurrencyIndian Rupee ( INR )
Dialing Code+91
Internet country code top-level domain (cTLD) .in
LanguageTamil
Time difference21 minutes
Latitude10.582944
Longitude77.0145652

Geography

The village is located 55 km south of district headquarters Coimbatore, 9 km from Anamalai, and approximately 22 km from the state capital Chennai. Cities near Pilchinnampalayam include Pollachi, Udumalaipettai, and Chittur-Thathamangalam.

Nearby villages include Somandurai (3 km), Vakkampalayam (4 km), Dhalavaipalayam (5 km), Kambalapatti (5 km), and Palayur (6 km). Anamalai Taluk is to the west, Pollachi North Taluk is to the North, Kinathukadavu Taluk is to the North, Udumalpet Taluk is to the East. Pollachi, Valparai, Udumalaipettai, Chittur-Thathamangalam are the nearby Cities to Pilchinnampalayam.

Demographics

Languages spoken include Tamil and English.

Transport

Rail

Pollachi Jn Rail Way Station is the nearest railway station. Coimbatore Jn Railway Station is a larger station. Other stations include Udumalaippettai (29 km), Walayar (37 km) and Kollengode (39 km).

Air

Nearby airports are Peelamedu Airport (55 km), Kochi Airport (146 km), Calicut Airport (180 km) and Madurai Airport (185 km).

10°35′2.87″N77°0′47.92″E / 10.5841306°N 77.0133111°E / 10.5841306; 77.0133111

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