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Thoppampatti observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu.
The principal temple recorded for Palani mandal is dhadikombu temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Thoppampatti itself.
Golu: an odd number of steps holding dolls, and women invited each evening for sundal, kumkum and a gift. Saraswati Puja on Navami and Vidyarambham on Vijayadashami.
The regional form observed across Tamil Nadu. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Thoppampatti ranks #14 of 52 villages in Palani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thoppampatti is a village of 3,443 people in 1,031 households (Census 2011) in Palani taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 14th-largest of 52 villages in Palani taluk. Literacy is 66%, 3 points above the taluk average of 63% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Dindigul district centre, 21 km from Naranapuram, the nearest town, 13 km from Pushpattur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 624617, served by Keeranur(MA) post office; the LGD village code is 635133. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Narikkalpatti, 7 km away. The village votes in Vedasandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saminathan. T. The population is estimated at 4,059 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thoppampatti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoppampatti · this village | 3,443 | 66% | — |
| Thoppampatti · Dharapuram | 1,765 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Thoppampatti · Harur | 491 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Thoppampatti · Pollachi | 1,135 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Thoppampatti · Manapparai | 5,553 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Mettupatti · Vadipatti | 1,932 | 56% | 2.6 km N |
| Mettupatti · Lalgudi | 938 | 79% | 2.6 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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