Karamadai

Coordinates: 11°14′34″N 76°57′31″E / 11.242800°N 76.958700°E / 11.242800; 76.958700
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Karamadai
Neighborhood
District
Coimbatore
Elevation
391 m (1,283 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total35,166
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Postal Code
641104
Telephone Code+91-4254
Vehicle registrationTN 40 (Mettupalayam RTO)
Karamadai Thali, a wedding locket (Mangalsutra) design of Vokkaliga Gowdar community originated from Karamadai near about.

Karamadai is a town located near

Nanjundeswarar temple
are the most prominent landmarks in the town. The place of Karamadai came into limelight due to the presence of ex-steel giant Sri Ramakrishna Steel Industries.

Geography

Karamadai is located at 11°14′34″N 76°57′31″E / 11.242800°N 76.958700°E / 11.242800; 76.958700.[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Karamadai is a Town Panchayat city in district of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Karamadai city is divided into 18 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Karamadai Town Panchayat has population of 35,166 of which 17,557 are males while 17,609 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3,056 which is 8.69% of total population of Karamadai (TP). In Karamadai Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 1,003 against state average of 996. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Karamadai is around 955 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Karamadai city is 84.62% higher than state average of 80.09%. In Karamadai, Male literacy is around 89.04% while female literacy rate is 80.23%.

Manjur Ghat

Route: Karamadai-Geddai-Manjur-Ooty

This is a smaller ghat for local Coimbatore city traffic towards Ooty, and is used as a backup road on the rare occasions that both the Coonoor Ghat and the Kotagiri Ghat are closed. The road is narrow with many hairpin bends. At Geddai, near the bottom of the ghat at 1,885 feet (575 m), there is a hydroelectric power station [1]. From Manjur, at the top of the ghat, the distance is equidistant to either Ooty or Coonoor via smaller district roads.

Religion

Every year 'Masimagam' car festival is celebrated in February (in Tamil month Masi).

Nanjundeswarar temple
is a Shiva temple built by Shaivites descendants of Chola clan. This temple holds minute art works portraying the Tamil heritage.

A New Vishnu temple, named "Then Thirumala -Thirupathi" was built in 2000 near Karamadai.[3]

Attractions

As Karamadai is just about 30 km from center of Coimbatore city towards northern direction, it is also an easy destination spot located at an easily reachable distance for the people of

Tirupur, Ooty
etc. The Ranganathar temple in Karamadai is located at the center of the town.


See also

  • Nanjundeswarar temple, Karamadai

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karamadai
  2. ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Then Thirumalai". www.thenthirumalai.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.