Palacode taluk

Palacode taluk is a taluk in the Dharmapuri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Palacode. Part of Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary is located in this taluk.

Geography

Palacode is located on the northwest region of Tamil Nadu in Dharmapuri district with an average elevation of 533 meters above MSL. The terrain can be described as rolling in nature.[1] The taluk extends to an area of 73,267 h.a, covering 16% of the district's total area.[2] The various proportional area divisions are:[3]

  1. Forests - 31.86%
  2. Barren Lands - 3.17%
  3. Non Agricultural use -3.4%
  4. Cultivable Waste Land - 0.35%
  5. Permanent Cultivated Land and Grassland - 0.90%
  6. Current Fallow - 1.74%
  7. Other Fallow Lands - 0.65%

The taluk has reserves ofblack granite.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Palakkodu had a population of 345,906 with 178,514 males and 167,392 females. There were 938 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 41.04%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 20,954 Males and 18,600 Females.[4]

Some Important Places

Dharmapuri District Co Operative Sugar Mills Limited

This is a co-operative sugar mill established in the year 1971-72. The present crushing capacity of the mill is 2000 M.T.[5] A polytechnic college (named Dharmapuri District Co-op. Sugar Mills Polytechnic College) was established in 1985 under the management of the sugar-mill.[6]

Government Polytechnic College

The college was established by the state government in 2010 in Boomandahalli village and extends to an area of 5 acres. The Government College of Engineering, Dharmapuri is also functioning here temporarily.

Modhur village

A small village near Dharmapuri has been found to be archaeologically significant as historians have revealed that it has been inhabited since the Neolithic age, about 10,000 years ago.

Historians, who have been studying inscriptions and tools found in the area, are of the opinion that Modhur, situated about fifteen kilo metres from Dharmapuri town, was highly civilised and was most probably the capital for the Athiyaman kingdom. Stone hammers, grinding stones, rubbing stones, stone balls, and a terracotta statue of the mother goddess were excavated in the village.

Nearly 17 varieties of stones tools were used by the people of Modhur that dates back to a period about 10,000 years back. “The Neolithic people who lived here were highly civilised and there is evidence that the people were engaged in agriculture,” said S Selvaraj, a retired regional assistant director, department of archaeology.

Modhur is an important historical site, situated about 15 km from Dharmapuri. The antiquity of Modhur village went back to the Neolithic age (about 10,000 years old). It had a succession of habitations. In the surface collection, the site yielded black and red ware, slipped ware and few grey pottery of the Megalithic period (about 3,000 years old). Two hero stone inscriptions of the Hoysala king were also found. More than 20 megalithic burials were found at Tirumalvadi, near Modhur.[7] A Chola period inscription of the 10th century, which was found in the village, indicated that Chola kings had imposed tax for marriages.[8]

Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary

On 12 March 2014, the Government of Tamil Nadu declared Cauvery North Wild Life Sanctuary under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 26-A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 in Gazette No.II(2)/EF/254/2014 covering the protected area of Palacode taluk of Dharmapuri forest division and Denkanikottai taluk of Hosur forest division in northern western Tamil Nadu.

List of village panchayats

Reference[9]

  1. Adilam
  2. Amanimallapuram
  3. Annamalai Hally
  4. Athimutlu
  5. Baisuhally
  6. Bandarahalli
  7. Baragur
  8. Battalahalli
  9. Beharahalli
  10. Belamaranahalli
  11. Bellarahalli
  12. Bevuhalli
  13. Bikkanahalli
  14. Bodikuttapalli
  15. Bolapakutthanahalli
  16. Bommaandahalli
  17. Bommahalli
  18. Booganahalli
  19. Boppidi
  20. Budihalli
  21. Chettihalli
  22. Chikkadoranabetta
  23. Chikkamarandahalli
  24. Chinnagoundanahalli
  25. Chinnamanahalli
  26. Elumichanahally
  27. Erranahalli
  28. Erraseegalahally
  29. Erukuttahalli
  30. Eruthukuttahalli
  31. Gidanahalli
  32. Gudlanahalli
  33. Gujjarahalli
  34. Gummanur
  35. Guttalahalli
  36. Hanumanthapuram
  37. Indamangalam
  38. Jakkasamudram
  39. Jarthalav
  40. Jittandahally
  41. Kalappanahalli
  42. Kanavanahalli
  43. Kandenahalli
  44. Karagoor
  45. Karagathahalli
  46. Karimangalam
  47. Karugkamaranahalli
  48. Karukkanahalli
  49. Kattanahally
  50. Keragodahalli
  51. Kondasamanahalli
  52. Kottumaranahalli
  53. Kumbarahally
  54. Kuravandahalli
  55. Mahendramangalam
  56. Mallikuttai
  57. Marandahalli
  58. Maravadi
  59. Modugulahalli
  60. Molapannahalli
  61. Mottalur
  62. Mukkulam
  63. Murukalnatham
  64. Murukkampatty
  65. Naganampatty
  66. Nallur
  67. Nammandahalli
  68. Nariyanahalli
  69. Nelamaruthahalli
  70. P.Chettihalli
  71. P.Gollahalli
  72. Padi
  73. Palacode
  74. Panjapalli
  75. Pappanaickanpatty
  76. Patchikanapalli
  77. Periyanahalli
  78. Periyanur
  79. Poonadanahalli
  80. Pothalahalli
  81. Pulikallu
  82. Pulikarai
  83. Rangampatty
  84. Salliampatty
  85. Samanoor
  86. Sanganpasuvanthalav
  87. Sekkodi
  88. Senrayanahalli
  89. Serandapuram
  90. Serenahalli
  91. Sethikanahalli
  92. Sikkadoranabettam
  93. Sikkarthanahalli
  94. Soddanur
  95. Thandukaranahalli
  96. Thellanahalli
  97. Thimarayanahalli
  98. Thindal
  99. Thirumalvadi
  100. Thomalahalli
  101. Thonenahalli
  102. Thumbalahalli
  103. Upparahalli
  104. Velakalahalli

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