Palani
Palani is a town in Dindigul district of Tamilnadu and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Taluk and Panchayat Samiti of Dindigul district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Palani is 75.3 thousands out of which 37.2 thousands are males and rest 38.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1023 females per 1000 males. There are around 6.5 thousands teenagers in Palani. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 59.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 12.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 171 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 20.3 thousands households in Palani, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 29 thousands.
These 2 villages comes under Palani Nagar Parishad.
Palani Panchayat Samiti
K Eswari is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Palani, who can be contacted at email address bdoplni@gmail.com and mobile number 98943xxx11. The Block landline number is 451-242**92. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is J Jesignanasekaran, who can be reached at email address bdoplni1@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx26. The Block address is Panchayat Union Office, New Dharapuram Road, Palani, Pincode - 624005. You can reach there by taking a bus till Palani bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.Palani Panchayat Samiti consists of total 20 Gram Panchayat.
- A. Kalayamputhur
- Amarapoondi
- Andipatti
- R. Ayyampalayam
- Chinnakalayamputhur
- Chithiraikulam
- Eramanaickenpatti
- Kalikkanaickenpatti
- Kanakkanpatti
- Karadikoottam
- Kavalapatti
- Kothaimangalam
- Melakkottai
- Pachelanaickenpatti
- Pappampatti
- Periammapatti
- Pethanaickenpatti
- Sivagiripatti
- Thamaraikulam
- Thathanaickenpatti
Other villages in Palani Taluk
Palani Taluk has total 7 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.