The Kongu
region flourishes mainly due to their extreme hard work, commitment,
objective nature and innovation in their respective fields.
- Agriculture - the whole of Kongunadu
- Textiles - Tirupur, Coimbatore, Somanur, Erode, Perundurai, Gobichettipalayam, Attur, Pallipalayam, Tiruchengode, Salem, Rasipuram, Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Karur, Kallakurichi, Madathukulam and Dharapuram.
- White silk - Gobichettipalayam - First automated Silk reeling unit in India.
- Poultry - Namakkal,vijayamangalam
- Education - Coimbatore, Erode, Gobichettipalayam, Tiruchengode, Rasipuram, Namakkal, Salem.
- Automobiles - Coimbatore, Namakkal, Tiruchengode, Perundurai, Salem.
- Milk - Erode (Aavin), Karur
- Edible oil - Erode
- Turmeric - Erode has the largest market in South India), Gobichettipalayam.
- Pump Industry - Coimbatore
- Vegetables - Oddanchatram(the largest vegitable market of tamilnadu)
- cottonmills- coimbatore,udumalaipettai
Kongu Nadu has the highest urban proportion in the Tamil Nadu state and contributes 2/3 of the Tamil Nadu's state revenue. But this is often ignored by the government.
The Gounders are an influential community in Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Salem, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Dindigul districts. A good section of the community is highly educated, many from the US and UK. Most of them are third-generation businessmen and put together, they generate roughly Rs 40,000 crore of export revenue annually. Through sheer hard work, its members have attained international recognition. They figure among the global leaders in several sectors including grey cotton, home textiles, hosiery, industrial and automobile components, heavy vehicles and even turmeric and eggs.
"The Kongunadu elite—the Gounder caste—were unlike the valley elite in that they continued (proudly) to work in their own fields."
The Gounders are an influential community in Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Salem, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Dindigul districts. A good section of the community is highly educated, many from the US and UK. Most of them are third-generation businessmen and put together, they generate roughly Rs 40,000 crore of export revenue annually. Through sheer hard work, its members have attained international recognition. They figure among the global leaders in several sectors including grey cotton, home textiles, hosiery, industrial and automobile components, heavy vehicles and even turmeric and eggs.
"The Kongunadu elite—the Gounder caste—were unlike the valley elite in that they continued (proudly) to work in their own fields."
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