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[[File:Bhavani-sagar-Dam-and-Reservoir.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bhavanisagar Dam]] and reservoir]]<br />
'''Bhavanisagar block''' is a revenue block in the [[Erode district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It has a total of 15 panchayat villages; the main town is [[Bhavanisagar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of revenue blocks of Erode district|url=http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/default.htm?blocks.php?dcode=10|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231008/http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/default.htm?blocks.php%3Fdcode=10|archivedate=2016-03-03}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
An important agricultural area, there is an Agricultural Research Station in Bhavanisagar and the block contains the [[Bhavanisagar Dam]] and Reservoir along the [[Bhavani River]], built between 1948 and 1955.<ref name="New botanist">{{cite book|title=New botanist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8adKAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=8 December 2011|year=1993|publisher=Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers.|page=20}}</ref> A seminar on [[Applied Nutrition Programme]] was held at Bhavanisagar in 1969, and agricultural machinery was upgraded in 1970−1971.<ref name="AdministrationDevelopment1978">{{cite book|title=Kurukshetra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s98cAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=8 December 2011|year=1978|page=83}}</ref><ref name="Council1972">{{cite book|author=Tamil Nadu (India). Legislature. Legislative Council|title=Debates, Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12YeAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=8 December 2011|date=1 January 1972|page=381}}</ref> In recent years, Bhavanisagar block has become a notable area of [[floriculture]], with an increasing number of farmers turning to flower cultivation, with an increasing 10-15% of acreage dedicated to it annually according to 2010 reports.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2010/10/26/stories/2010102652410500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232142/http://hindu.com/2010/10/26/stories/2010102652410500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 May 2014|title=Floriculture picking up in Sathyamangalam and Bhavanisagar |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 October 2010|accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref> Of particular note is marigold (''[[Tagetes]]'') cultivation which can earn Rs. 6 to Rs. 10 per kg during the season and are usually purchased by the traders in [[Sathyamangalam]] and [[Coimbatore]] to companies producing poultry feed and food colouring.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/daily_events/2011/English/mar/5_mar_11_eng.pdf|title=Sunshine on fields in Erode|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=March 5, 2011|accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref><br />
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