Palacode (also known as Palakodu or Palacode) 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. ...

in the

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Geography

Palakkodu is located at . It has an average elevation of 533 metres (1748 feet).

Demographics

India

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, Palakkodu had a population of 20,959. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Palakkodu has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 57%. In Palakkodu, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Palacode constituent assembly sends representative to the state assembly. For

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it belongs to Dharmapuri Constituency.

Banks

* State Bank of India * Indian Bank * Indian Overseas Bank * Lakshmi vilas Bank * Union bank of India *Ujjivan Small finance bank

School Colleges and Library

1. Wisdomland Matriculation School Karagadahalli Palacode 2. Jaisakthi matriculation higher secondary school palacode 3. Jaisakthi Hi tech CBSE school palacode 4 Jaisakthi kids school palacode 5.Govt polytechnic college palacode was Dharmapuri District Co-op Sugar Mills Polytechnic College, 6. Govt arts and science college, Palacode 7. Arunachalam arts and science college palacode Palacode has a public library, located opposite BDO office. It has over 16,000 books and various journals.

Railway

Palacode railway station, Marandahalli railway station

References

Cities and towns in Dharmapuri district {{Dharmapuri-geo-stub