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'''Edappadi''' is a [[taluk]] of [[Salem district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Salem-Taluk-Info-Edappadi">{{Cite web|title=Taluk Information: Salem District: Edappadi Block - Panchayat Villages |publisher=Salem District |url=http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=08&blk_name='Idappadi'&dcodenew=7&drdblknew=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502164809/http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=08&blk_name=%27Idappadi%27&dcodenew=7&drdblknew=18 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The administrative centre is the town of [[Edappadi]]. The taluk contains two panchayat towns, [[Konganapuram]] and [[Poolampatti]],<ref name="NPR-Idappadi">{{Cite web|title=NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Salem: Edappadi|publisher=National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=33&distcd=07&tslcode=003}}</ref> and ten panchayat villages.<ref name="NPD-Idappadi">{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Idappadi, Salem, Tamil Nadu|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=6291&parenttype=B&ptype=V|access-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424200439/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=6291&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archive-date=24 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Edappadi [[revenue block]] is coterminous with the taluk.<br />
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Brick manufacturing is prevalent in Pakkandu panchayat which is famous for its red soil. The rock deposited area of western [[Kavadikaranoor]] village is famous for granite quarries.<br />
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The taluk has a considerable migrating population that comes in to cut the sugarcane crop. Crops in the area are mostly rainfed except for irrigation in Nedungulam panchayat which lies on the banks of [[Cauvery River]]. Sarabanga is a river flowing through Edappadi leads to a lake.<br />
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Most of the people in the taluk belong to the [[meenavar]] and [[Vanniar people]] and [[Kongu Vellalar]]. The taluk has scheduled caste and some other people also with brotherhood relation.<br />
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The chairman of the panchayat union council in 2012 was Thiru A. Madhes. <br />
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==Demographics==<br />
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Edappadi had a population of 222,856 with 116,241 males and 106,615 females. There were 917 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 57.03. The child population in the age group below 6 was 10,962 males and 9,755 females.<ref>{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011 |url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |publisher=Census Tamil Nadu |access-date=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617095215/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/census2011data/PPT_taluk_data_final.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Villages==<br />
The ten [[panchayat village]]s of Edappadi taluk are:<ref name="Salem-Taluk-Info-Idappadi">{{Cite web|title=Taluk Information: Salem District: Idappadi Block - Panchayat Villages |publisher=Salem District |url=http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=08&blk_name='Idappadi'&dcodenew=7&drdblknew=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502164809/http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=08&blk_name=%27Idappadi%27&dcodenew=7&drdblknew=18 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NPD-Idappadi" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Map: Salem: Idappadi Block - Panchayat Villages|url=http://tngis1.tn.nic.in/tmp/51783b26_e90_1.gif}}</ref><br />
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*[[Adaiyur, Salem|Adaiyur]]<br />
*Avaniperur East<br />
*Chettimankurichi<br />
*Chithoor (Chittur)<br />
*Dadhapuram (Dadapuram)<br />
*Iruppali<br />
*Nedungulam<br />
*Pakkanadu<br />
*Vellarivelli<br />
*Vembaneri<br />
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Other villages include:<ref name="NPR-Idappadi" /><br />
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* Erumaipatti<br />
* Idupali<br />
* Kachchippalli<br />
* Konasamudram<br />
* Koranampatti<br />
* Kurumbapatti<br />
* Pakkanadu R.F.<br />
* Puduppalayam<br />
* Samudram<br />
* Thangayur<br />
* Vellalapuram<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Salem district}}<br />
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[[Category:Taluks of Salem district]]<br />
[[Category:Revenue blocks of Salem district|Idappadi block]]<br />
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