Mettupalayam, Coimbatore
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PIN | 641301 |
Telephone code | 91-4254 |
Vehicle registration | TN-40 |
Mettupalayam is a municipality town and taluk headquarters of
Geography
Mettupalayam is located at 11°18′20″N 76°56′06″E / 11.3056°N 76.9350°E.
Demographics
According to 2011 census, Mettupalayam had a population of 69,213 with a sex-ratio of 1,022 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[3] A total of 6,808 were under the age of six, constituting 3,543 males and 3,265 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 14.76% and 0.08% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 77.11%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[3] The town had a total of 18,423 households. There were a total of 26,595 workers, comprising 147 cultivators, 437 main agricultural labourers, 704 in house hold industries, 23,870 other workers, 1,437 marginal workers, 8 marginal cultivators, 60 marginal agricultural labourers, 92 marginal workers in household industries and 1,277 other marginal workers.[4]
As per the religious census of 2011, Mettupalayam had 69.24% Hindus, 25.65% Muslims, 4.84% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs, 0.15% Jains, 0.04% following other religions and 0.05% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[5]
Politics
Transport
The
Places of interest
- Black Thunder Water Theme Park
- Karamadai Ranganadar temple
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- Forest College and Research Institute, Kotagiri Road, Mettupalayam
- Idugampalayam Aanjineyar temple
- Kallaar Park at Ooty Road, Mettupalayam
- Kumaran Kundru Murugan temple
- Kurunthamalai Murugan Hill Temple
- Thekkampatti Elephant Camp
- Then Tirupathi Temple
- Vana Bathrakali Amman temple
- Mettupalayam View point
- Breezeland, near Black Thunder Water Theme Park
- Velankanni Church
Nearby villages
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- Athimathaiyanur
- Dhayanur
- Dimmampalayam
- Jadayampalayam
- Lingapuram
- Nellithurai
- Odandurai
- Paapanur
- Palapatti
- Thekkampatti
- Tholampalayam
- Velliyangadu
- Kemmarampalayam
See also
- Mountain Train in Ooty
References
- ^ "Ooty toy train: All you need to know about the classy trip through enchating hills". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mettuppalaiyam, India".
- ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Mettupalayam". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu" (XLS). Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.