Kangeyam

Kangeyam
Historical Town
Sivanmalai temple
Sivanmalai temple
Nickname(s): 
Bull City, Rice and Oil Town
Kangeyam is located in Tamil Nadu
Kangeyam
Kangeyam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°00′19″N 77°33′43″E / 11.0054°N 77.5620°E / 11.0054; 77.5620
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTiruppur
TalukKangeyam
Government
 • TypeFirst Grade Municipality
 • BodyKangeyam Municipality
 • ChairmanN.Suryaprakash
 • Municipality CommissionerMr. S. Moorthy[1]
 • MLAM. P. Saminathan[2]
Area
 • Total22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation
310 m (1,020 ft)
Population
 (2011)[5]
 • Total32,147 (now around 70,000)
DemonymKangeyan
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
638701
Telephone code04257
Vehicle registrationTN-42Y
Websitemunicipality.tn.gov.in/kangeyam/

Kangeyam (Tamil: [kaːŋɡeːjam]) is a historical town and municipality in Kangeyam Taluk of Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3] It is situated on National Highway 81.[6][7] Kangeyam is an economic center in Tamil Nadu. The main commercial interests of the municipality are rice hulling, coconut oil extraction, ghee production, and groundnut cultivation. The town is located 28 km from the district headquarters at Tiruppur, 45 km from the city of Erode, 70 km from the industrial town of Coimbatore,30 km from the town of Dharapuram, 55 km from the city of Karur, 140 km from the Ancient city of Trichy and 441 km from the state capital Chennai.[4][8]

  1. ^ "Who's who?-The office head". Department of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Government- MLAs". The Official Portal of the Tamil Nadu State Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "General Administration / Personnel Department". Department of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "About Municipality". Department of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Population". Department Of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. ^ "About City". Department of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Highways" (PDF). National Highways Authority of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  8. ^ River Noyal in the north and River Amaravati in the south pass through Kangeyam taluk. Not only that, the river Kaambili flows in the southern part of the city."General Information". Department of Municipal Administration And Water Supply. Retrieved 17 July 2013.