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Country
  
India

District
  
Erode

Vehicle registration
  
TN-56

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Local time
  
Friday 4:23 AM

Kanjikoil

Weather
  
26°C, Wind S at 2 km/h, 83% Humidity

Kanjikoil is a panchayat town in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.The ancient name of the town is "Kanji Kooval" and it is called by the Name Kanji koil or Kanji Kovil.

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Map of Kanjikovil, Tamil Nadu 638116

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kanjikoil had a population of 11,148. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kanjikoil has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 52%. In Kanjikoil, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Temples

Kanji kovil has a major temple Sree Seedeviamman and kamatchi amman temple .This temples celebrates the festival every year in the month on June / July as Car festival for 5 days.This includes Fire stepping, Ratham Ula. During this festival many cultural programs conducted in the town by local political and social welfare parties.

The other festival celebrated is the Mariamman festival.

Other Major Temples includes Eswaran, Angalamman and chinna mariamman and Perumal temples situated in east of the town.

Also it has Thambikalai Ayyan temple (A Famous Ragu, Kethu temple) in the North and Malaikovil Murugan temple in the South east are the nearby temples.

Schools

It has the Union Primary school and Govt Higher secondary school situated in the heart of the town.

Transportation

Kanji kovil has well connected with the District capital Erode by means of Town busses run by government and private sectors.It also connected with nearby towns Chithode, Nasiyanur, Perundurai and Kavinda padi by buses.

It has connected with the following Road facilities.

  1. SH 175 - Connecting Erode and Thingalur run thro' the town
  2. Panchayat Union roads connecting Perundurai, Kavinda padi, Ellispet and Chitthode.

Nearest airport is Coimbatore is about 85 km from the town and the nearest railway station is Erode Junction is about 15 km from the town.

References

Kanjikoil Wikipedia