Kadathur 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 ...

Dharmapuri district Dharmapuri is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil-Nadu, India. It is the List of districts in Tamil Nadu, first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from then-Salem district on 2 October 1965. ...

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. Kadathur is situated southeast of Dharmapuri. It is in the southern region of the district.

Demographics

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, It had a population of 11,382. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kadathur has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 56%. In Kadathur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is also one of the main revenue villages of Dharmapuri district.

Transport

Kadathur has good roadway facilities and very frequent bus services available to Dharmapuri, Pappireddipatti, Bommidi,

Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada * Salem, Ontario, various places Germany * Salem, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the Bodensee district ** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery * Salem, Schleswig-Holstein Israel * Salem (B ...

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Harur Harur is a Second grade municipality in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of two revenue blocks in the district. Geography The town is in northern Tamil Nadu, with an average elevation of 350 meters (1148 feet) ...

. Nearest railway stations are Morappur and

Bommidi Bommidi, also known as B. Mallapuram, is a panchayat town located in the Pappireddipatti taluk of Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is commonly referred to as Bommidi in the context of transportation and public se ...

(13 km). Nearest airport is Salem Airport. It has direct bus to Coimbatore and Tirupur. Many bus travel via Kadathur from Salem to Dharmapuri, Pappireddipatty to Bengaluru, Bommidi to Chennai, Dharmapuri to Chennai.

References

{{Dharmapuri district Cities and towns in Dharmapuri district