Periya Negamam (also known as Negamam) 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 ...

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in the southern

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. It comes under

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

Taluk and

pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

Assembly constituency. Negamam used to be a popular small town serving the commercial and transport needs of many small villages around it until 1980s. With the arrival of frequent city buses to Pollachi, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palladam, Udumalpet, Dharapuram and Palani as transportation mode, growth of Negamam remained stunted. Weekly market on Tuesday used to be a big crowd puller.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Periya Negamam had a population of 7680.

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constitute 51% of the population and

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49%. Periya Negamam has an average

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 58%. In Periya Negamam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

It consists of several

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. Amongst the popular villages is Senguttaipalayam, the birthplace of

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, Senior Congressional leader, Father of the

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in India, former Minister of Finance and Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu and former Union Minister for Food, Agriculture and Finance in the Government of India. Another politician from Negamam is K V Kandasamy Gounder. He was returned to the Assembly from this constituency thrice on an AIADMK ticket. He was widely considered to be the right-hand man of

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...

. In the 1977 election he defeated the then DMK cabinet minister M. Kannappan. Other villages include Avalappampatti, Konde Goundan Palayam, Chinna Negamam and Kakkadavu (hub of the coir industries).

Educational institutions

Schools

* Government Higher Secondary School, Periya Negamam (including an NSS unit). * Government Girl's High School, Periya Negamam * Government Elementary School, Periya Negamam * Sri Vigneshwara Vidhyala School, Periya Negamam * Vivekananda Nursery & Primary school, Periya Negamam * Pollachi institute of technology at Avalappam Patti

Infrastructure

Transportation

Periya Negamam has a central bus stand which is used by TNSTC and the private operators. This is situated in the heart of the town. The town is well connected with

(10 km),

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 ...

(30 km), Tiruppur (30 km), Dharapuram and

Udumalpet Udumalaipettai also known as Udumalai, is a town in Tiruppur district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 535 km (332 mi) south west from the state capital, Chennai and 72 km (45 ...

by well laid roads. Government and private buses connect these towns. Nearest railway station is Pollachi (10 km) and major railway station is Coimbatore (30 km). Coimbatore also has an international airport.

Telecommunications

Periya Negamam is well connected with all GSM & CDMA mobile phone operators. The major players Jio, Airtel, BSNL, Tata Docomo, Reliance, Idea and Vodafone in GSM, and Tata Indicom in the CDMA segment all cover Periya Negamam.

Agriculture

Coconut farms are the main agricultural activity. Vast areas of this region are covered with coconut farms. small agrifarmers are available they are cultivate tomato, onion, chilli, coriander leaf.

Employment

Most of the people's jobs are operating handlooms, making Negaman

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s (Cotton Sarees or Saris) in vibrant colours on handlooms. These handloom sarees are popular throughout Tamil Nadu.Craftsvilla website
/ref> Around 100,000 handloom sarees are made per month in the region.

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Coimbatore district