Palayam, Dindigul district

Palayam is a town panchayat in Dindigul district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It falls under Vedasandur Assembly constituency and Karur Lok Sabha constituency.

[1] Palayam town panchayat is 40 km from Dindigul, Dindigul district headquarters; It is also 35 km from Karur.

As of 2011 census, the municipality has 3,686 houses and a population of 15,336, an area of 25.10 km2 and 15 wards.

Also, the municipality has a literacy rate of 71.9% and a sex ratio of 988 females per 1,000 males.