Madathukulam
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| settlement_type = Panchayat town
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| subdivision_name2 = Tiruppur
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Madathukulam is a panchayat town in Madathukulam taluk of Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 15 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of {{cvt|9.19|km2}}, it had a population of 20,620 individuals as per the 2011 census.
Geography and administration
Madathukulam is located in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Madathukulam taluk.{{cite web|url=https://www.townpanchayat.in/Madathukulam|title=Madathukulam|work=Government of Tamil Nadu|access-date=1 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cra.tn.gov.in/tn_gvillages.pdf|title=Villages of Tamil Nadu|work=Government of Tamil Nadu|access-date=1 June 2025}} Spread across an area of {{cvt|9.19|km2}},{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/tamilnadu/tiruppur/3341275000__madathukulam//|title=Madathukulam|work=Citypopulation.de|access-date=1 June 2025}} it is one of the of the 15 panchayat towns in the district.{{cite web|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/townpanchayats.pdf|title=Town panchayats in Tamil Nadu|work=Government of Tamil Nadu|access-date=1 June 2025}} The town panchayat is headed by a chairperson, who is elected by 18 members, who represent the individual wards and are chosen through direct elections.{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/profile/local-government.php|title=Local Government|publisher=Government of India|access-date=1 January 2023|page=1|archive-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004071216/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/profile/local-government.php|url-status=live}} The town forms part of the Madathukulam Assembly constituency that elects its member to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency that elects its member to the Parliament of India.{{cite report|url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/web/pslist/english/tiruppur_eng.pdf|title=Polling stations in Tiruppur district|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2025}}
Demographics
As per the 2011 census, Madathukulam had a population of 20,620 individuals across 5,761 households.{{cite report|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/api/tables/data/2011/PC11_PCA-TV/255?_source=dt&labels=indicator&state=33&district=633&subdistrict=5907&town_village=804032&geo_level=4&format=csv|title=Geo level data: Census of India 2011|access-date=1 June 2025|publisher=Census Commission of India}} The population saw a marginal increase compared to the previous census in 2001 when 20,352 inhabitants were registered. The population consisted of 10,198 males and 10,422 females.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 June 2008|publisher=Census Commission of India}} About 1,714 individuals were below the age of six years. About 20.8% of the population belonged to scheduled castes. The entire population is classified as urban. The town has an average literacy rate of 81.3%.
About 41.7% of the eligible population were employed, of which majority were involved in agriculture and allied activities. Hinduism was the majority religion which was followed by 90.9% of the population, with Christianity (2.5%) and Islam (6.6%) being minor religions.{{cite report|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11392/download/14505/DDW33C-01%20MDDS.XLS|title=Religion: Census of India 2011|access-date=1 June 2025|publisher=Census Commission of India}}
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