Thekkalur

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Thekkalur
village
Thekkalur
Coordinates: 11°09′16″N77°12′32″E / 11.15444°N 77.20889°E / 11.15444; 77.20889
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
641654
Area code +91-4296
Thekkalur Panchayat Thekkalur.jpg
Thekkalur Panchayat
PowerLooms Powerloom Sheads.jpg
PowerLooms

Thekkalur village is located in Avanashi Tehsil of Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu, India.It is 8 kilometers away from the sub-district headquarters of Avanashi and 22 kilometers away from the district headquarters of Tiruppur. As per the 2009 statistics, Thekkalur is also a gram panchayat.

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Powerloom Hub:

Thekkalur panchayat has more than 500-750 small and micro power loom sheds. This powerloom cluster is a significant source of employment, [1] [2] directly supporting over 1500 families and indirectly benefiting an additional 1000 families. [3] It serves as the primary economic backbone of Thekkalur panchayat. Currently here more than 7850 - 9000 powerloom machines are producing Cotton Fabric.

The total geographical area of the village is 2141.91 hectares. Thekkalur has a total population of 12,688, out of which 6,076 are males and 6,612 are females. The literacy rate of the village is 71.43%, out of which 75.58% of males and 67.62% of females are literate. There are about 3,031 houses in the village. The pincode of the village is 641654. [4]

currently Total voters :8139. [5] largest panchayts in tiruppur district.

Avinashi is the nearest town to Thekkalur for all major economic activities like tshirt manufacturing, textile fabric manufacturing.

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Thekkalur
Thekkalur , Avinashi Taluk,641654

Sub-villages

References

  1. ↑ "With photo Protest by powerloom weavers". The Hindu. 24 February 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Thekkalur and coimbatore powerlooms association strike". The Hindu. 24 February 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Powerloom Association Protests". The Hindu. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Gram Panchayat". grammanchitra.gov.in. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "voter list" (PDF). tnsec.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 4 September 2023.


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