Kallakudy
Kallakudi is a small township in the Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu in India. It is located at a distance of 40 km from Tiruchirapalli Junction. This is the place which turned the career of Karunanidhi, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
Kallakudi | |
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Town panchayat | |
  Kallakudi Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 10°58′36″N 78°57′9″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruchirapalli |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 621651,621652 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-48 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Trichy |
| Lok Sabha constituency | perambalur |
Kallakudi is the hometown of Dalmia Cements. This region is rich in limestone deposits. Dalmia Cements was the largest cement plant in Asia at its completion. It has a greenish colony called Dalmiapuram.
Educational institutions like Vivekananda matriculation school and Dalmia higher secondary school serves the local population here. Students do their higher education mostly in Trichy. There is a Saint Xavier middle school started in 1914. this was the first school in this area for the poor students.