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About District
The second largest city of the Tamil Nadu State. Coimbatore is one of the most industrialized cities in Tamil Nadu, known as the textile capital of South India or the Manchester of the South, the city is situated on the banks of the river Noyyal, Coimbatore existed even prior to the 2nd or 3rd century AD by Karikalan, the first of the early Cholas. Among its other great rulers were Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas, Pandyas, Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara kings. When Kongunadu fell to the British along with the rest of the state, its name was changed to Coimbatore and it is by this name that it is known today, except in Tamil, in which it is called Kovai.
Important Information and Services
- Coordination Meeting on Special Bus Services and Traffic Management Ahead of Deepavali Held in Coimbatore District
- 50% Subsidy Scheme for Electrically Operated Chaff Cutters for Small and Marginal Livestock Farmers in Coimbatore District
- Farmers’ Grievance Redressal Meeting Held at Coimbatore District Collectorate
- Deadline Extended to November 9, 2026, for Overseas Higher Education Scholarship Applications for Muslim Minority Students
- Natural Farming Markets to Be Launched in Coimbatore District Uzhavar Sandhais from November 1, 2026
- TNPSC Group 2 and 2A Preliminary Examination to Be Held on November 1, 2026, in Coimbatore District
- District Collector Inspects Northeast Monsoon-Affected Areas in Irugur and Sulur, Coimbatore District
- District Collector Inaugurates SURAKSHITMARG 2026 Road Safety Awareness Programme for School Students
- Painting and Sculpture Exhibition for Artists from Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur and Nilgiris Districts
- Deadline Extended to October 31, 2026, for Temporary Firecracker Shop Licence Applications in Rural Coimbatore District
- Tender Notice for Drilling Borewells for SC/ST Small Farmers under the 100% Subsidy Scheme
- Supervisor Recruitment – District Child Protection Unit, Coimbatore
- Thaai Maaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam
- Daily Wages for the Year 2026-2027
- Vilankuruchi Village “S” Curve Rectification – Preliminary Notification under section 11(1) of the RFCTLARR Act 2013
- Voluntary Blood Donation Camp Tentative Plan
- The details of One-Way Roads in Coimbatore District 2025
DISTRICT AT A GLANCE
DISTRICT ADMIN UNITS
DISTRICT MAP
Agrarian Plains Against the Western Ghats
COIMBATORE CITY ENTRANCE
COIMBATORE DOUBLE-DECKER FLYOVER
CONTOUR CANAL
KAVI ARUVI
KOZHIKUMUDDHI ELEPHANT CAMP
KUMITTIPATHI CAVE PAINTINGS
NILGIRI MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
POLLACHI
VALANGULAM LAKE
VICTORIA TOWN HALL
HELPLINE
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Disaster Helpline 1077
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Cyber Crime 1930
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Child Helpline 1098
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Emergency Helpline 112
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Women Helpline 1091
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Voter's Helpline 1950
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