Kangeyam or Kangayam is a second grade municipality in Kangeyam taluk
of Tirupur district
in the Indian
state
ofTamil Nadu
. It is situated at the heart of Tirupur district, on Gudalur-Nagapattinam National Highway 67
, which runs fromNagapattinam
, a sea-side town in Tamil Nadu to Gundlupet
in Chamrajnagar district
of Karnataka
. Kangeyam is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu, with the main commercial interests being rice hulling
, coconut oil extraction
, Ghee
production and groundnut
cultivation. The famous Kangayam bull, which is known around the world 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.
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