Kaamakkaapaliyam

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  ?Kamakkapalayam
Tamil Nadu • India
Coordinates: 11°32′47″N 78°45′19″E / 11.54639, 78.75528
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation

• 500 m (1,640 ft)
District(s) Salem
Codes
Pincode
Telephone
Vehicle

• 636 116
• +04282
• TN 27 & TN 30

Coordinates: 11°32′47″N 78°45′19″E / 11.54639, 78.75528 Kamakkapalayam is a village (Gram panchayat) in Salem district, Thalaivasal block in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Kamakkapalayam is about 4 km south of Thalaivasal towards Veeraganur.

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[edit] History

Kamakkapalayam was part of the Magadai Mandalam as of 1190 CE. Probably, during the Palaiyakkarar rule, this village was named after the Kameshwara temple's moolavar Kamanathar. The other villages named after Palaiyakkarar in this area include Govindampalayam, East Rajapalayam, Ammapalayam, Thennankudipalayam, Akkicheetipalayam, Ramanayakkan Palayam and Peddanayakkan Palayam.

[edit] Borders

Aragalur, Aaraththi Akrahaaram, Thiyakanuor, Thalaivasal, Deviyaakurichi, Vadagumarai, Thinkumarai, Naavazlur & Veppampuundi.

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[edit] Infrastructure

Kamakkapalayam has 2 Panchayat Union Elementary Schools, one at Kamakkapalayam and the other at Nadumedu. A Primary Health Center is located at this village. The major transporation is the road connection to Thalaivasal and Veeraganur with buses running every hour.

[edit] Notable persons

Tmt. V. Alagammal - member of Thalaivasal assembly constitution (93) of the 12th Tamilnadu State general Assembly .

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