About Udumalpet
Udumalai, also known as Udumalaipettai or Udumalpet, is a selection grade municipality in Tiruppur district in the kongu nadu region of Tamil Nadu. .It is famous for spinning mills.It is the headquarters of Udumalaipettai taluk. Udumalpet town is under Udumalpet Legislative Assembly constituency.
The municipality was established in 1918 and upgraded to second grade municipality in 1970. It was declared as a first grade municipality in 1979 and further upgrades to selection grade municipality in 1984. The extent of the municipality is 7.41 km2 of which 6.582 km2 is urban and 0.828 km2 is rural. The city was part of Coimbatore district until 2008 when it became part of the newly formed Tiruppur district, a change which was opposed by the residents.
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