CII Update on Trichy's potential

Trichy Zone was started in the year 1992 covering dynamic districts like Trichy, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Pudukkottai, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, and Thiruvarur etc.

Trichy Zone is a fine blend of industries and educational institutions known for excellence.

Trichy familiarly known as Industrial Town has a number of industries in different sectors with the core group in ENERGYEnergy Equipment Manufacturing Capital of India, the zone has numerous fabrication industries catering to the Energy sector.

* Trichy Zone GDP contributes 13% of State GDP
* The zone is No.2 in Service sector
* Trichy city is famous for Energy equipment manufacturing and fabrication industries.
* Karur city in the zone is famous for home textiles
* Thanjavur district is famous for its exquisite ancient handicrafts
* With an area of 19923 sq Kms, the zone has a population of 12 million.
* Best place for IT / ITES investments with a combination of low salaries, low cost lands, good English knowledge of people, big number of academicians and high turn out of engineers in the state.


Other industries in Trichy zone include cotton textile milling, pet bottles, tanneries and the manufacture of cement, artificial diamonds, glass bangles, filigree work and tobacco products.

Also Trichy zone includes companies that make batteries for fighter aircraft and battle tanks, steel towers for windmills, boilers for power plants and dried bananas for the domestic market.

These are in addition to the traditional agriculture – powered by the Cauvery that flows through it – and the industry it has spawned, the rice mills and sugar mills.

Apart from the industries, the zone has its fame as the "Educational hub of Tamilnadu" with 4 Major Universities, 40+ professional colleges, 80+ arts & Science colleges and 25+ technical institutions.

Trichy Zone is an ancient city famous for its beauty of architectural monuments and culture and a must visit place for a tourist. It is considered as the India's top zone for temples and monuments.