Chithode

Chithode or Chittode is a neighbourhood and a panchayat town adjoining Erode City in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

It is situated near the intersection of National Highway 544 connecting Salem with Kochi and the State Highway (SH-15) connecting Erode-with Sathy and Mysore.

As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Chithode had a population of 7,695.

Government College of Engineering, Erode (erstwhile Institute of Road & Transport Technology (IRTT)) is located here.

It is located at a distance of 8 km from Erode Central Bus Terminus and 10 km from Erode Junction railway station on NH-544 Salem-Kochi Bypass in between Perundurai and Bhavani.