Marandahalli | |
Settlement Type: | Panchayat town |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 12.4°N 78°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Kongu Nadu |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Dharmapuri |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | Panchayat |
Elevation M: | 581 |
Population Total: | 12451 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 636806 |
Marandahalli is a panchayat town Dharmapuri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located in the northern part of the district.
Marandahalli is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 581 metres (1906 feet). Marandahalli is located 40 km from Dharmapuri and 80 km from Bengaluru, 60km from Hosur and 9km from palacode. 10km from Iyyanar kottai. and 15km from Bettamugilalam.
There is also a river called "Sanakumara Nadhi" passing through this small town and that finally joins with Cauvery river at Hogenakkal.
India census,[2] Marandahalli had a population of 10,000. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marandahaālli has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 55%. In Marandahalli, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The main industry is farming. More than 50% of land is coconut trees. Other farming activity like paddy, sugarcane, bananas, and tomato are also cultivated. Rainfed lands are used for groundnut cultivation.Well water is largely used for irrigation. Tamil, Telugu and Kannada are widely spoken in the region.
Marandahalli and around this town has many tiny industries to manufacture coconut thread, coir, coconut powder. Also Ponmudi Theater, Angalamman Temple, CSI Zion church, Hatsun Agro Products Pvt Ltd Has a plant near by this town.
Marandahalli is currently under the Palacode Legislative Assembly Constituency.