Periya Negamam is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district

Coimbatore District

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 in the India

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 of Tamil Nadu

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Demographics

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, Periya Negamam had a population of 7680. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Periya Negamam has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 58%. In Periya Negamam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
It consists of several villages. Some of the popular villages are Senguttaipalayam is the birth place of Bharat Ratna

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 Chidambaram Subramaniam

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(commonly known as CS ), Senior Congressional

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 leader, Father of Green Revolution

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 in India, Former Minister of Finance and Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, Former Union Minister for Food, Agriculture and Finance, Government of India and Former Governor of Maharashtra State. K. V. Kandaswamy

K. V. Kandaswamy

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 known as popularly known as "Negamam Napolean", was returned to the Assembly from this constituency thrice on an AIADMK ticket.He was widely considered to be the right hand of the CM, Dr M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

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.In the 1977 election he defeated the then DMK cabinet minister M. Kannappan. Avalappampatti, Konde gavundan palayam, Chinna Negamam,Kakkadavu (hub of coir industries)etc..

Schools

• Government higher secondary school, Periya Negamam.
• Government girl’s highs school, Periya Negamam.
• Government Elementary school, Periya Negamam
• Sri Vigneshwara vidhyala school, Periya Negamam.
• Vivekananda Nursery & Primary school, Periya Negamam
• nss unit in ghss negamam

Bus Stand

Periya Negamam has a central bus stand which is used by TNSTC, and the private operators.This is situated in the heart of the town.

Telecomunications

Periya Negamam is well connected with all GSM & CDMA mobile phone operators. The major players Aircell, Airtel, BSNL, Tata Docomo, Reliance, Idea and Hutch in GSM, Tata Indicom in CDMA segment cover Periya Negamam.

Agriculture

Coconut farms are the main source of agriculture.The vast areas of this region are covered with Coconut farms.