Palakkodu

Palakkodu

Palacode
Palakkodu Palacode
Town panchayat
	Road Junction in Palacode
	Palakkodu Location in Tamil Nadu, India
	Coordinates: 12°18′11″N 78°04′23″E / 12.303°N 78.073°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
• Rank	municipality
Elevation	533 m (1,749 ft)
Population (2011 to 2019)
• Total	20,959
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	636808
Vehicle registration	TN-29

Palacode (also known as Palakodu or Palacode) is a panchayat town in Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Geography[edit]

Palakkodu is located at 12°18′N 78°05′E / 12.3°N 78.08°E / 12.3; 78.08.^[1] It has an average elevation of 533 metres (1748 feet).

Demographics[edit]

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[2] Palakkodu had a population of 20,959. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Palakkodu has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 57%. In Palakkodu, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics[edit]

Palacode constituent assembly sends representative to the state assembly.^[3] For Lok Sabha it belongs to Dharmapuri Constituency.

Banks[edit]

State Bank of India
Indian Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Lakshmi vilas Bank
Union bank of India
Ujjivan Small finance bank

School Colleges and Library[edit]

1. Jaisakthi matriculation higher secondary school palacode 2. Jaisakthi Hi tech CBSE school palacode 3 Jaisakthi kids school palacode

4.Govt polytechnic college palacode was Dharmapuri District Co-op Sugar Mills Polytechnic College,

5. Govt arts and science college, Palacode 6. Arunachalam arts and science college palacode

Palacode has a public library, located opposite BDO office. It has over 16,000 books and various journals.

Railway[edit]

Palacode railway station, Marandahalli railway station

Road[edit]

1.Palacode bus stand

Notable people[edit]

Palakodu is also the birthplace of Kannada actor Uday Kumar.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Palakkodu
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
^ http://www.columbuslost.com/2013/01/holy-ankola-or-alinjal-tree-at.html

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[1] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Palakkodu

[2] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

[3] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

[4] ttp://www.columbuslost.com/2013/01/holy-ankola-or-alinjal-tree-at.html

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v t e Dharmapuri district
Taluks	Dharmapuri Harur Karimangalam Nallampalli Palacode Pappireddipatti Pennagaram
Blocks	Dharmapuri Harur Karimangalam Morappur Nallampalli Palakcode Pappireddipatti Pennagaram Kadathur Eriyur
Town panchayats	Harur Kadathur Kariamangalam Marandahalli Palakkodu Papparapatti Pappireddipatti Pennagaram B. Mallapuram Kambainallur
Cities and towns	Bommidi Dharmapuri (district headquarters) Harur Kadathur Kambainallur Kariamangalam Marandahalli Morappur Nallampalli Palakkodu Papparapatti Pappireddipatti Pennagaram
Villages	Allalapatty Ammapalayam B. Pallipatti Bandahalli Buddireddipatti Chellampatti Dhinna Bellur Gettupatti Gummanur Hogenakkal Jakkasamudram Kadagathur Kammalampatty Kethanahalli Kethureddipatti Kovilur Laligam Maniyadhalli Nellimarathupatti Paruvathanahalli Selliampatti Sitheri Soriyampatti Thammanampatti Thoppur
Revenue divisions	Dharmapuri Harur