What is Gobichettipalayam?
Q: What is Gobichettipalayam?
A: Gobichettipalayam is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest city and urban concentration in Erode district and is the administrative headquarters of Gobichettipalayam taluk.
Q: What nickname does it have?
A: The town is known as "Mini Kollywood" because of the movies produced there.
Q: How many people live in Gobichettipalayam?
A: As of 2011, Gobichettipalayam had a population of 60,279 people.
Q: Who makes up most of the population?
A: The population is mostly by the Kongu Vellalar community. There are also significant numbers of North Indians, Gurkhas, Malayalis, Uralis, Mudaliar, Vanniyar, Dalits, Nadar and Vettuva Gounders.
Q: What was the religious census in 2011?
A: According to the religious census taken in 2011, 90.3% were Hindu, 7.1% were Muslim , 2.5% were Christian and 0.1% belonged to other religions.
