Ettimadai is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Madukkarai taluk Madukkarai taluk is a taluk in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It was created by Government of Tamil Nadu The Government of Tamil Nadu () is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. C ...

Coimbatore district Coimbatore District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Coimbatore is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educa ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. It is located in the north-western part of the state close to the state's border with

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. Spread across an area of , it had a population of 9,352 individuals as per the 2011 census. It is served by the Ettimadai railway station of

Southern Railway zone Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Chennai and operates across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry. The origin of the Southern Rai ...

Geography and administration

Ettimadai is located in

in the Indian state of

. It is located on the highway connecting

Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...

and

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

, close to the state's border with

. Spread across an area of , it is one of the of the 33

s in the district. It is located in the western part of the state. The town panchayat is headed by a chairperson, who is elected by the members, who are chosen through direct elections. The town forms part of the

Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency Kinathukadavu is a legislative assembly constituency that includes a few parts of the south of Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities i ...

that elects its member to the

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...

and the

Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39. Assembly segments From 2009 Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: ...

that elects its member to the

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. The town is served by the Ettimadai railway station of the

Demographics

As per the 2011 census, Ettimadai had a population of 9,352 individuals across 2,564 households. The population saw a marginal increase compared to the previous census in

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when 7,543 inhabitants were registered. The population consisted of 4,676 males and 4,676 females. About 826 individuals were below the age of six years. The entire population is classified as urban. The town has an average literacy rate of 78.8%. About 28.8% of the population belonged to scheduled castes and 7.2% belonged to scheduled tribes. About 42.1% of the eligible population were employed full-time.

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

was the majority religion which was followed by 93.5% of the population, with

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

(3.8%) and

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

(2.6%) being minor religions. The

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, research-intensive private deemed university in India. It currently has 19 constituent schools spread across nine campuses in Amaravati, Amritapuri (Kolla ...

and group of institutions are situated in the region.

References

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