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Also known as Gobi

Gobichettipalayam () is a town and municipality in Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Gobichettipalayam taluk. It is situated close to the centre of the South Indian Peninsula at above sea level, straddled by the Eastern Ghats. It is located from the district headquarters Erode, from Tiruppur and from Coimbatore. Agriculture and textile industries are major contributors to the economy of the town.

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74%
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Tiruppur
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Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Gobichettipalayam
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Planning agency
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GMC
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Tropical climate (Köppen)
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Gobi Municipality
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Gobichettipalayam
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ta
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Gobi
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Town
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Chinna Kodambakkam (Mini Kollywood)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
India
Located in
Erode district
Continent
Asia
Elevation
213
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
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Dialing code
4285
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Commons category
Gobichettipalayam
postal code
638452
inception
1948-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography and climate
  • Demographics
  • Administration and politics
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Economy
  • Culture
  • Places of interest
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Gobichettipalayam () is a town and municipality in Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Gobichettipalayam taluk. It is situated close to the centre of the South Indian Peninsula at above sea level, straddled by the Eastern Ghats. It is located from the district headquarters Erode, from Tiruppur and from Coimbatore. Agriculture and textile industries are major contributors to the economy of the town.

The town is a part of Gobichettipalayam constituency that elects its member to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and the Tirupur constituency that elects its member of parliament to the Lok Sabha. The town is administered by Gobichettipalayam Municipality, which was established in 1949. Gobichettipalayam has a population of 59,523 as per the 2011 census. It is known as "Mini Kollywood" because of the film production that takes place here and many films in Tamil and other languages have been shot here.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gobichettipalayam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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