Pannaikadu

Town panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India

Pannaikadu pannaimanagar
Town panchayat
Nickname: pannai
10°16′49″N 77°35′55″E / 10.28028°N 77.59861°E / 10.28028; 77.59861
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
Area
• Total	32 km² (12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,731
• Density	270/km² (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Pannaikadu is a panchayat town in Dindigul district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

History

The majority of population here are from a specific community called 24Manai Telugu chettiar. The People here speak modified Telugu, while Tamil is also a very Commonly used language. In this Village it has two divisions namely Aladipatty and Ooralpatty. There was a Government Hospital which was a midpoint between these two divisions.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The town covers an area of 32 square kilometers.the main water source is aruganal and solamalai river water^[1]

Climate

Under the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system, Pannaikadu has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). Annually, the town averages a temperature of 20.7 °C and precipitation of 1345 mm.^[2]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] Indian census, there were 2,493 households in the town and a population of 8731. The average literacy rate of the town is 76% with male literacy of 82% and female literacy of 71%.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook (2011) - Dindigul" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "Climate: Pannaikadu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 April 2018.