Palakkodu

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Town panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India

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 / 12.303; 78.073
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\. Wisdomland Matriculation School Karagadahalli Palacode

2\. Jaisakthi matriculation higher secondary school palacode

3\. Jaisakthi Hi tech CBSE school palacode

4 Jaisakthi kids school palacode

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

6\. Govt arts and science college, Palacode

7\. 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]

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. ^ http://www.columbuslost.com/2013/01/holy-ankola-or-alinjal-tree-at.html

Places adjacent to Palakkodu

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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

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