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Erode

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Also known as Turmeric City

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Erode is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the capital of Erode district and is also located within Coimbatore district. The city has an area of 8.4 square kilometers and a population of 157,101. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 183 meters, with other sources citing 177 meters. Erode is situated in the UTC+05:30 time zone and uses the local dialing code 424.

The city’s official name is Erode, also written in Tamil as ஈரோடு. It is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Erode has a postal code of 638001 and an official website maintained by the corporation. The city is referenced by 597 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 48 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, Open Meteo, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Erode
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
521,891
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

55US AQIModerate
PM2.5
13.4 µg/m³
PM10
17.3 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Erode
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Erode
Settlement.government_type
Municipal Corporation
Settlement.governing_body
Erode Municipal Corporation
Settlement.leader_title1
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1
S. Nagarathinam (DMK)
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
109.52
Settlement.elevation_m
175.3
Settlement.elevation_ft
575.1
Settlement.population_total
157,101

via Wikipedia infobox

Travel guide

Understand

thumb|180px|Thinal Murugan Temple

See

thumb|280px|Vellode Birds Sanctuary

Do

Gobichetti palayam is a famous cinema shooting spot near to Erode.

Buy

Known for its name "Textile City" - Erode is famous for its Textile market where you can purchase textile products (Bedspreads, shirting and suiting....) for very low prices. Textile merchants from various parts of India converge here for Textile trading, especially in cotton materials. Erode is also famous for Turmeric (Manjal) which is a natural anti-septic powder.

Eat

thumb|280px|South Indian Meal In Erode you can find Parotta, Dosai, Idly etc. You will also be able to locate a lot of multi-cuisine restaurants in an around Erode. Both the vegetarian and the non-vegetarian people could have a tasty and tummy full food cheaper than other cities in Tamil Nadu.

Best Places: Vegetarian: Trichy Cafe - two hotels. One located near bus-stand and the other near Manikoondu. kongu parotta for its delicious parotta Non-Vegetarian: Kuppanna - famous for its biriyani. Located in multiple places. Recommended - The one near the bus-stand. Sri Ayyappa Vilas- famous for its mutton chops started in the year 1955. Chicken Pallipalayam is very special dish prepared by coconut and chicken.

Drink

Lot of bar available in and around erode city.

Go next

Male Mahadeshwara Betta Chamarajanagar Nanjangud Mysore Coimbatore

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Article · Nederlands

Erode is een stad in de Indiase staat Tamil Nadu. De stad is gelegen in het gelijknamige district Erode, aan de rivier de Kaveri, en heeft 151.184 inwoners (2001). De agglomeratie heeft 391.169 inwoners.

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