Gobichettipalayam taluk is a taluk of Erode district

Erode District

Erode District is a western district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with Erode as its headquarters. Until the year 1996, Erode district was called as Periyar District....

 of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Gobichettipalayam

Gobichettipalayam

Gobi or Gobichettipalayam is a Municipality in Erode District of Tamil Nadu state, India. A major part of present Gobichettipalayam was previously known as Veerapandi Gramam, and documents and records still use that name. Gobichettipalayam is an important city in the North- Western part of Erode...

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Gobichettipalayam had a population of 361,201 with 181,854 males and 179,347 females. There were 986 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.78. The total number of households was 100,751.

Village in Gobi Taluk

The neighbouring place called Dasappagouden pudur (D.G.Pudur) which is 5km from Sathy. The place famous for Textiles, Handloom saree weaving (all varieties of silks like kanchipuram, kora, sieko, tusser etc.,) also otherwise known as Little Bombay