Kovaipudur

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Kovaipudur
Neighbourhood
Skyline of Kovaipudur
Coordinates: 10°56′12″N 76°57′4″E / 10.93667°N 76.95111°E / 10.93667; 76.95111Coordinates: 10°56′12″N 76°57′4″E / 10.93667°N 76.95111°E / 10.93667; 76.95111
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore District
Metro	Coimbatore
Time zone	+5.30GMT
PIN	641042
Telephone code	+91-422
Vehicle registration	TN-99

Pasture land near the Kovaipudur stream

Kovaipudur is a large township at the foothills of the Western Ghats, located in the City of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Coimbatore West (TN 99) is located at Kovaipudur. People represent this city as Little Ooty due to its cool climate and serene environment, and was set up sometime in late seventies. Today this township has about 7500 families, three arts colleges, one engineering college, a polytechnic and a handful of schools. Kovaipudur is a 20-minute drive from Ukkadam, a 30-minute drive from R.S Puram and a 35-minute Drive from Gandhipuram on a motor powered vehicle. Many small colonies have also come up around Kovaipudur in recent times. Kovaipudur has come under the Corporation of Coimbatore.

Location[]

Semmozhi Poonga (Park)

Kovaipudur lies at the mouth of the Palghat Pass and at the south western fringe of the Coimbatore city, bordering the Western Ghats at the foothills of the Madukkarai range in Coimbatore and the Walayar ranges in Kerala. Kovaipudur has mainly scrub vegetation as these hills make it a rainshadow area. The mean temperature is significantly lower than Coimbatore city.

There is a police training academy, along with numerous schools and colleges. Shanti Ashram, a renowned social organization of the region. Kovaipudur has a huge playground where sports like Cricket, Football, Volleyball and lots of other sports are played everyday by school and college students and even middle aged people. There is also an integrated township with a golf course.

A small park by the name 'Semmozhi Poonga' was opened for the general public. Many people come to the park for walking.

Religious places[]

As the large majority of the population is Hindu, there are many Hindu temples like Sri.Rukmini Satyabhama Samedha Sri.Venugopala Perumal and Sridevi Boodevi Samedha Kalyana Venkatesa Perumal temple, Nagapillayar, Kasi Visalakshi, Sundara Vinayagar, Sri Gopalaswamy, Sri Ragavendraswamy and Lord Ayyapa. In addition, there are Infant Jesus Church,^[1] IPA Faith City Church, CSI Christ Church, few other protestant churches and a masjid.

Entrance of Infant Jesus Church

Vimhana of Venugopal Swami temple

Nagapillayar Kovil

Schools[]

T.V.Sekharan Memorial Matriculation Hr.sec.school(day cum boarding school) is one of a reputed matriculation school in Kovaipudur locality for over 25 years.

R K V Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a 30 year old higher secondary school located in Kovaipudur.

Ashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School was established in the year 2000 along with a group of eminent educationalist under Sri Venkateshwara Educational Trust is located in Kovaipudur.

CS Academy is a leading co-educational CBSE and international (Cambridge) school with campuses in Coimbatore, Kovaipudur and Erode, Tamil Nadu. The school offers both CBSE and Cambridge curricula.

Euro Kids, the Chain of Pre-schools have their facility in Kovaipudur.

Gurukulam Nursery & Primary School (GNPPS) is located at Kulathupalayam, Kovaipudur.

The Western Ghats International School, one of the top CBSE Montessori stress free schools has its wing Dora Montessori School (Pre-Primary & Elementary Montessori) in Kovaipudur.

Other schools like Zion Nursery & Primary School, MAS Kids Pre School & Global Kids Pre School have their campuses at Kovaipudur.

Colleges[]

• VLB Arts and Science
• formerly known as
• CBM College of Arts and Science^[2]
• Sri Krishna Polytechnic College
• Sri Krishna Adithya College of Arts and Science

Professional training institutions[]

CAD SOLUTIONS, Training Services Institution Located in Kovaipudur pirivu

Kovaipudur houses a prestigious training institution "CAD SOLUTIONS", which has guided thousands of Design Engineers. The institution is a pioneer in establishing advanced studies related to PLM and Computer Aided Engineering. Kovaipudur also has few other training institution.

Facilities[]

Banks[]

Many nationalised and new generation Private sector banks have their presence in Kovaipudur. City Union Bank, Indian Bank, State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank (now DBS Bank India Limited), United Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Karur Vysya Bank have their full-fledged banking operations along with onsite ATMs in Kovaipudur. India's largest private sector bank, HDFC Bank Limited and the 3rd Largest Private Sector bank , Axis Bank have their branches in Kovaipudur. While Axis Bank has its branch inside Sri Krishna College Campus, HDFC Bank has its branch inside Kovaipudur. ESAF Small Finance Bank has its Rural branch in Kulathupalayam, near Kovaipudur. KVB in Kovaipudur is a 365-day banking branch extending banking services to general public on Sundays as well.

ATMs[]

In addition to the ATMs of the banks listed above, stand alone ATMs of ICICI Bank,Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Karur vysya bank,India One ATM operated by Tata are present in Kovaipudur.

Supermarkets and Markets[]

Nilgiris 1905^[3] have their outlet here nearby T V Sekharan school, Day to Day and Ganga Super Market are some of the "all under one roof" stores. Besides these, Santhai (flea market) assembles every Thursday in an open ground in Kovaipudur, Bharathi Nagar area. Kani Store, Anitha Stores and Ganga Stores are some renowned neighborhood provision and grocery stores in Kovaipudur.

Media[]

Kovaipudur wass also used as a shooting spot for the Vikram starrer 10 enradhukulla in November 2014. Owing to the picturesque landscapes and its extended green cover, it is used as a spot for many advertisement shoots and used by visual communication students for their practical activity on photography.

Software development[]

Kovaipudur acts as base of operations for The Banyan Infotech, a web and software development company for the last 15 years.

Real estate[]

Serene climate and high ROI has made Kovaipudur as the most preferred destination for real estate investment. Property developers like Aura Contrivers and Jrd Realtorss are some of the most prominent real estate groups in Kovaipudur.

Recording Studio[]

Kovaipudur has the largest Recording Studio in Coimbatore known as D7 Studios. The studio is first of its kind in Coimbatore to provide professional level music and video recording services, on par with Chennai. The studio has state of art equipments from AMS Neve, Protools HDX and offer 5.1/7.1 Mixing Facilities for its clients. The studio is a hub for media projects, student projects, short films, documentary films and all kinds of music recordings.

Food[]

Due to a Large number of student population staying in rooms here, many eating joints have come up catering to their taste. Jenita Restaurant, Lakshmi mess, Hotel Gowri,Indica Fast Foods,Tamizhagam, Kovai Food City, Amma Unavagam, Thathiah Mess, Sri Covai Foods, Ooty Restaurant, Jackfruit restaurant are some of the hotels situated in Kovaipudur.

Also there is an ice cream branded shop - JustKulfi with wide varieties of natural ice cream slices and kulfi slices & sticks Kaalan shops and healthy foods are available at the evening time near the play ground opposite to Nilgiris.

Hospitals and Medical Care[]

K J Hospital offers 24x7 service with many consulting doctors visiting frequently.

Pharmacy chains: Apollo Pharmacy, Thulasi Pharmacy, Saravana Medicals, Ambal Medicals and Wellness Pharmacy chain have franchisees here.

Environment[]

Temperatures are cooler than Coimbatore city on an average. From April to May, the SW monsoon winds pass over Malampuzha dam waters in Kerala. From June to September, the winds pass through the rain drops and over the dam waters, cooling the air like in an evaporating air cooler. From October to March, the NW monsoon winds bring rain to Kovaipudur. The breeze velocity is high due to the venturi effect of the Palghat pass.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kovaipudur.

• https://csacademy.in

• Coimbatore District Administration
• T.V.Sekharan Memorial Matric Hr.Sec.School
• Sri Krishna College of Technology
• jrd realtorss
• https://www.d7group.org/