Mettupalayam taluk

Mettupalayam taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore rural district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Mettupalayam.
Demographics.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Mettupalayam had a population of 259,633 with 129,299 males and 130,334 females. There were 1008 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 71.93. Child population in the age group below 6 was 10,571 Males and 10,259 Females.