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| name = Chittode <br />
| other_name = Chithode or Chitode<br />
| type = town <br />
| image_skyline = Looking-down-National-Highway-Chittode-Junction.JPG<br />
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| image_caption = NH 47 Expressway between Coimbatore and Salem which bypasses Chittode at this junction. <br />
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| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|11|24|34|N|77|39|1|E|display=inline}}<br />
| state_name = Tamil Nadu <br />
| district = [[Erode district|Erode]] <br />
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| population_as_of = 2001 <br />
| population_total = 7695<br />
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| area_telephone = 0424<br />
| postal_code = 638 107, 638 316<br />
| vehicle_code_range = TN-56<br />
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'''Chithode''' or '''Chittode''' is a [[panchayat town]] adjoining [[Erode]] City in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is situated on the [[National Highway 47 (India)|National Highway 47]] between [[Coimbatore]] and [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] at the junction of [[Erode]]-[[Sathyamangalam|Sathy]]-[[Mysore]] highway.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Chithode had a population of 7,695. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chithode has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 61%. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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[[Government College of Engineering, Erode]] (erstwhile Institute of Road & Transport Technology (IRTT)) is located here. It occupies [[Aavin|Aavin Dairy]] plant of Erode.<br />
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==Location==<br />
It is located at a distance of 8&nbsp;km from [[Erode Central Bus Terminus]] and 10&nbsp;km from [[Erode Junction railway station]] on NH-544 Salem-Kochi Bypass in between [[Perundurai]] and [[Bhavani]].<br />
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