In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dindigul one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

The district is struck between the north south chaos as it lies in the center of Tamil Nadu.

Its relative closeness to the cities of Trichy, Tiruppur, Karur, coimbatore, Madurai makes this district as a Transport nexus of this region.

And the regions of Oddanchatram, Vedasandhur are semi-arid, due to the rain shadow effect of Western Ghats, Sirumalai and Karandhamalai.

And their economy is much more oriented towards the kongu belt of coimbatore Tiruppur and Erode while it peers like Dindigul,Arthur and Natham is more dependent on Madurai both culturally and Economically.