Pochampalli is a small town in the

Krishnagiri District Krishnagiri District is one of the 38 districts (a district in the northwestern part) of the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. This district is carved out from Dharmapuri District by 2004. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district headqu ...

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State,

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. It also acts as the headquarters of

Pochampalli taluk Pochampalli taluk is one of the seven taluks of Krishnagiri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The majority of the population speak Tamil. The headquarters of the district is at Pochampalli. Geography Pochampalli taluk is located in the ...

. Pochampalli is located 27 kilometers south from the district headquarters

Krishnagiri Krishnagiri () is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004. It is located at the bottom of Krishnadevaraya Hills, and the town is fully surrounded by hill r ...

, 30 kilometers from

Dharmapuri Dharmapuri is a city in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district which is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from ...

, 30 kilometers from Tirupattur, and 256 kilometers from the state capital

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. It is located on SH-60. Pochampalli is surrounded by Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri Block to the West,

Bargur Bargur is a selection-grade town panchayat in the Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, that serves as the headquarters of Bargur taluk, one of the seven taluks in Krishnagiri district. History The town panchayat of Bargur was ...

Block to the North, and Kandhili and

Uthangarai Uthangarai is a municipality on the border of the Krishnagiri district, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Oothankarai is called an educational city. The SIPCOT Industrial Institute is located in Uttankarai. There are 4 districts in a ...

Block to the East. The nearest towns are Tirupattur,

, and

. The nearby

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s are Kallavi and Samalpatti, while the major junction is at Jolarpettai. The nearest

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is in Salem, while the nearest

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is in

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. Pochampalli is known for housing one of the largest weekly markets in Tamil Nadu, on Sundays. The town is located near one of the fastest-growing SIPCOTs in Tamil Nadu, where Fairway Enterprises Company Limited and

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Electric Scooters have

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s and also a Government School, for boys and Girls.

Geography

Pochampalli is located in the southeast of Krishnagiri district. It is bordered to the north by

town and

Tirupathur district Tirupathur District is one of the 38 districts in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The district was formed in 2019 by the division of Vellore district into three smaller districts. Its creation alongside Ranipet district was announced o ...

, to the east and southeast by

Uthangarai taluk Uthangarai taluk is a rural taluk of Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Uthangarai. Areas in the taluk There is one town, the headquarters panchayat town of Uthangarai, and 182 villages in U ...

, to the south and southwest by

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. ...

, and to the northwest by Krishnagiri taluk. Part of its border with the Harur taluk of Dharmpuri district is formed by the Ponnaiyar River.

Demographics

In 2011, when the taluk was only one of five taluks in the district, and included parts of what is today Bargur taluk, it had a population of 182,119 people. There were 967 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 65.3%. 10,018 males and 8,759 females, about 10.3% of the population, were at or below the age of 6.

References

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