Suriyampalayam

Suriyampalayam
neighbourhood
Suriyampalayam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°24′19″N77°40′46″E / 11.40528°N 77.67944°E / 11.40528; 77.67944
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Government
• Body	Erode Municipal Corporation
Area [1]
• Total	18.60 km2 (7.18 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	28,585
• Density	1,537/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN-86

Suriyampalayam is a panchayat town in the city of Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the Headquarters for one of the four zones of Erode Municipal Corporation. In 2011, Suriyampalayam was an independent panchayat town, but has since been merged with Erode during the Corporation expansion that happened in 2011. The office of Suriyampalayam Zone-I and city bank, Bank of Baroda, ^[2] is located at Javuli Nagar along the Bhavani Road, although there are other local banks in the area. ^{[3] [4]} Its higher post office is located in Kavandapadi.

According to one source, some of Suriyampalayam's textile units are major contributors to Erode's difficulty with pollution, due to its position next to the Kaveri River. ^[5] Leather products, cloths and milk were considered the three most important manufactured commodities in the 2011 Census.

• Suriyampalayam's local government has administration over 8,153 houses and 15 wards.
• Suriyampalayam has approximately 25 schools and colleges: 8 primary schools, 8 middle schools, 4 secondary schools and 3 colleges. ^[6]
• As of 2009, Suriyamplayam gets an average annual precipitation of 708.6 millimeters and has an average minimum:maximum temperature of 19.2°C:33.7°C. ^[6]
• Suriyampalayam has 17 kilometres of road infrastructure and 3566 communal latrines.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Indian Census, Suriyampalayam had a population of 28,585, a 2.7% increase from the 2001 Census. ^[6]

• Males and females both constitute 50% of the population; 48:52 male-female ratio for scheduled castes and tribes.
• Suriyampalayam has an average literacy rate of 76.7%: 84.4% for males and 69.12% for females, higher than the national average of 72.9%.
• Unemployment rate is Suriyampalayam is 46.2%; 2.9% are self-employed and 13% income on jobs based around agriculture.
• 26% of the population is part of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
• 10.54% of the population is under the age of 6.
• 94.9% of the population follows Hinduism.
• 24% of people in Suriyampalayam were described as 'slum dwellers' in the 2011 Census.

References

1. "Suriyampalayam (Erode, Tamil Nadu, India) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
2. "SURIAMPALAYAM DIST ERODE BANK OF BARODA IFSC Code: Check BANK OF BARODA SURIAMPALAYAM DIST ERODE IFSC, MICR Code and Branch address". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
3. Das, Asit Kumar; Nayak, Janmenjoy; Naik, Bighnaraj; Pati, Soumen Kumar; Pelusi, Danilo (17 August 2019). Computational Intelligence in Pattern Recognition: Proceedings of CIPR 2019. Springer. ISBN   978-981-13-9042-5. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
5. "Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Cauvery river pollution, Suriyampalayam village, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 28/01/2020 – India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia". www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.