ParamathiVelur is a town, in the ParamathiVelur Taluk of Namakkal District, in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

Geography

Velur is located at 10.1°N 76.25°E. It has an average elevation of 170 metre

Metre

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s (794 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Velur had a population of 18,393. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Velur has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 59%. In Velur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Location

Velur is located at the bank of River Cauvery. Tamil is the primary language used here.
National Highway 7 runs through this town. This town belongs to the Kongu Naadu region.

Business

Agriculture is main business. Other businesses are automobile,textiles, milk products, real estate and education trusts.poultry is the main business.lorry owning is also a main business.

Agriculture

The main crops cultivated here are Sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

, Coconut

Coconut

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, Banana

Banana

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, Korrai, yam

Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea . These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania...

, Betel-Leaves, and tomato

Tomato

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Including Panchayat Areas

Velur includes the panchayats of Paramathi, Pothanur, Pandamangalam, Pallipalayam, Grungmadungdun, Maravapalayam, Unjappalayam, Kandhapalayam, Palapati.