Kangeyam
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Kangeyam காங்கேயம் |
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| Town | |
 Kangeyam
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| Coordinates: 11°00′19″N 77°33′43″E / 11.0054°N 77.5620°ECoordinates: 11°00′19″N 77°33′43″E / 11.0054°N 77.5620°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirupur |
| Taluk | Kangayam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Kangeyam Municipality |
| • Chairman | Manimaran |
| • Municipality Commissioner | Mr. M.Tamilarasu |
| • MLA | U.Thaniyarasu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 32,147 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 638701 |
| Telephone code | 04257 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-42 |
| Website | municipality.tn.gov.in/kangeyam/ |
Kangeyam or Kangayam is a second grade municipality in Kangeyam taluk of Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated on National Highway 67. Kangeyam is a commercial center in Tamil Nadu with the main commercial interests being rice hulling, coconut oil extraction, Ghee production and groundnut cultivation.
The Kangayam bull, known for its superior draught strength and adaptability to poor nutritional conditions is indigenous to the area around Kangayam and is named after the town. As of 2011, the town had a population of 32,147.
An ancient beryl mine near Kangayam produced Indian beryl which was exported to Roman empire, which is the reason for numerous Roman coins found in the nearby areas.
The major business interests in Kangeyam are rice mills, coconut copra making which is used in coconut oil production, ghee production and groundnut cultivation. The region, despite being semi-arid and rain-fed, produces rice throughout the year. Rice is processed to hull it and then marketed. Paddy procured from Thanjavur and Cauvery delta regions in Tamil Nadu and from other states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are also brought here for processing and there are more than 500 rice mills in Kangayam Taluk.
Coconut oil production in Kangayam began in the 1980s when coconut cultivation started spreading in Tamil Nadu. Kangayam is often named among the major coconut oil producing regions of India and the coconut oil that is produced here is marketed all over Tamil Nadu, and also in other states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, and is also exported. Coconut kernel is first allowed to dry on large fields made for this purpose, and then processed in oil mills to produce coconut oil. There are about 150 coconut oil manufacturing units in and around Kangayam, and about 500 kopra processing and drying units in Kangayam Taluk. The town is a very important rice and oil market in Tamil Nadu, and is called the "Rice and Oil Town". Ghee and Ornamental stone production is a major business in Kangayam. The stone that is produced is known as "Moon Stone", and is exported to other countries.
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