Kallakudy
Kallakudi | |
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Town panchayat | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
| PIN | 621651,621652 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-48 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Trichy |
| Lok Sabha constituency | perambalur |
Kallakudi is a small
Karunanidhi, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, who was against renaming the place to Dalmiapuram.[1]
Kallakudi is the hometown of Dalmia Cements. This region is rich in limestone deposits. Dalmia Cements was the largest cement plant in Asia at its completion. It has a settlement called Dalmiapuram.
Educational institutions like Vivekananda matriculation school and Dalmia higher secondary school serves the local population here. Students do their higher education mostly in Trichy. There is a Saint Xavier middle school started in 1914. this was the first school in this area for the poor students.