Gobichettipalayam
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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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- Tiruppur
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- Tropical climate (Köppen)
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- Gobi Municipality
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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
- Official website
- municipality.tn.gov.in/gobi/abs-municipality.htm
- Image
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- Dialing code
- 4285
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- Gobichettipalayam
- postal code
- 638452
- inception
- 1948-00-00
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- History
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- Economy
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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.
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