Madukkarai Town Panchayat

Town Profile

  1. Madukkarai Town Panchayat Located 11.00 K.M distance from Coimbatore District.
  2. Nearest Railway Station Name : Madukkarai Railway Station , This Railway Station Located 2.00 k.m Distance from madukkarai
  3. Nearest Airport Located in : Coimbatore International Airport
  4. Bus Route Details : : Moffussile bus route connecting with NH 47 to Kerala State and Connecting bus route to Gandhipuram
  1. Dharmalingeshwarar Temple - Ward No : 18 - Street Name - DharmalingeshwararnKoil Street, Marappalam.
Festival Name How many Days Celebrated Which Month Celebrated No of Peoples ParticipatedNotified/Non Notified
Girivalam in every full moon day and Chitra Powrnami Girivalam celebrated during the month of April1APR10000NON-NOTIFIED
Nearest City Name Direction Distance from Town Panchayat
OthakkalmandapamEast12.00 K.m
Wastern GhatWest0.00 K.m
ThirumalayampalayamNorth2.00 K.m
KunimuthurSouth1.00 K.m

COIMBATORE DISTRICT

MADUKKARAI SPECIAL GRADE TOWN PANCHAYAT


TOWN PROFILE


 

1.Introduction

         Madukkarai is a Special Grade Town Panchayat in Coimbatore District in Tamilnadu State. Madukkarai belongs to Pollachi Parlimentary Constituency and Kinathukadavu Assembly Constituency. Madukkarai lies at the border of Western ghats located at Coimbatore – Palghat National Highways with an area of 21.47 sq.km. Madukkarai Town Panchayat consists of 18 wards. Each ward is maintained by a elected representative. The town primarily comprises Residential, Commercial and Institutions. ACC Cement factory is the main industry in Madukkarai Town Panchayat.  

           


 2. Demographics

         The town is situated at a distance of about 12km from the District headquarters and Coimbatore City Corporation. As per 2011 Census, Madukkarai had a population of 30357. Males contribute 49.7% of the population and females 50.3%. Madukkarai has an average literacy rate of 84.39% higher than state average of 80.09%. Male literacy rate is 89.77 and Female literacy rate is 79.10%.In Madukkarai 10.04% of the population is under 6 years of age.

 

3. Geology and Soil Condition.

 

         The general  lithology of the Madukkarai area is that, top soil is found in the first  5 meters and above 5 meters hard rock,  and got ground water level is 200-300 meters.  The ground water is partially potable in this Town.

 

4. Temples

        There are small temples, churches and mosques in the Town Panchayat area.  But the important temple is The Dharmalingeswarar Temple which the temple lies on the peak of the mountain and the God is Lord Siva. Every month during full moon day, nearly 5000 peoples comes to attend the Girivalam.

           


5. Trade.

          ACC Cement factory is the main industry in Madukkarai. Some people works in the factory and some peoples are doing transport business to transport the raw materials to the company and cements from the company. And also there are some small scale industry, some depends on agriculture and some are labourers.

         

6. Roads

         The National Highways of about 16 kms and State Highways of about 5kms lies in Madukkarai Town Panchayat area. The Roads maintained by Town Panchayat is 53.70 kms. As many transports travel through Madukkarai because it connects Coimbatore  and Palghat.

 7. Institution

         Madukkarai Town Panchayat has 2 Higher Secondary School, 4 High School, 2 Middle School, 4 Elementary School, 1 Kalyana Mandapam, 1 Primary Health Centre , 2 Private Nursing Homes and 4 Colleges, 2 Polytechnic and 2 Nursing colleges.

 

8. Water Supply

 

          Present population of the town is 30,357   The source of Drinking water is Pillur Dam Water from Athikadavu which is maintained by TWAD. Water is pumping and supplying through 9 OHT’s constructed in 9 places. There are 73 power pump and 36 Handpump and 9 openwells for Local source. At present  92 LPCD from Drinking water and 42 LPCD from Local source totally 134 LPCD  supplied by Madukkarai Town Panchayat.  In this Town Panchayat  drinking water is supplied through Public  Tap and Private connections.   

 

9. Solid waste Management.

 

        The collection, transportation and disposal of Town Panchayat solid waste is an obligatory function of the Madukkarai Town Panchayat  . The Town Panchayat solid waste mainly comprises waste from households and commercial establishments in the town. The health department of the Town Panchayat, headed by Sanitary Supervisor, is responsible for the solid waste management of the town. For the efficient administration and for day to day operation purposes, the town is divided into Two sanitary divisions covering all the 18 Town Panchayat  wards. There are 2 Sanitary Supervisors and 29 Sanitary workers in this Town Panchayat. Door to Door collection is practised in Madukkarai Town Panchayat. All the wates are collected (Primary and Secondary collection) and transported to Resource Recovery park through Public health vehicles and the wastes are processed  and both bio-compost and vermi-compost are produced and sold in Madukkarai.


           

 

 

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