Pollachi

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pollachi
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Pollachi Mahalingapuram Archway.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Mahalingapuram arch
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Taluk
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Pollachi
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.government_type: Special Grade Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Pollachi Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 90,180
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Area: 13.87
Elevation: 292
Image: Busstandpollachi.JPG
Dialing code: 4259

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postal code: 642001
Commons category: Pollachi

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Etymology
Geography
Demographics
Economy
Transport
Places of interest
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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 Ghats. Agriculture and textile industries contribute majorly to the economy of the town and the town is a popular marketplace for jaggery, vegetables and cattle.

The town is a part of Pollachi constituency that elects its member to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and the Pollachi constituency that elects its member of parliament. The town is administered by Pollachi Municipality established in 1949 and has a population of 90,180 as per the 2011 census. The town is popular for the film shooting that takes place here and many films in Tamil and other languages have been shot here.