Question

(a)Why is Coimbatore known as "the Manchester of South India"?
(b)Which city of south India is called “Gateway to South India”?

Answer 1

Hint: Manchester is a city in North West England. It is considered as the fifth-largest city in the United Kingdom and famous for textile manufacturing since the industrial revolution.

Complete answer:
(a) Coimbatore, also known as Kovai is a city in Tamil Nadu. It is surrounded by the Western Ghats and is situated on the banks of the Noyyal river.

The city is divided into two geographic regions:
-the dry eastern side which includes urban areas mostly, and
-the western region

It is considered as one of the fastest-growing tier-two cities in India. Coimbatore is called the "Manchester of South India" due to its large-scale textile industry which is mainly fed by the cotton fields that surround this region. It houses around 25,000 small, medium and large industries. The Tidel Park Coimbatore is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Coimbatore is also famous for its jewellery stores which are situated along Cross-Cut Road and Town Hall Area.

(b) Chennai is known as the “Gateway to South India” as this city is having the 2nd largest seashore in the world, open to the coromandel coast in Bay of Bengal and it is 6th largest city in India population wise (As per 2011 census). It serves as the gateway to the rest of south India.

Note:
The northern part of Coimbatore has a rich tropical evergreen forest and the soil here is black, which is suitable for cotton cultivation.Red loamy soil is also found in a few traces. If you are aware that Manchester is famous for textile manufacturing and also knows about the soil type near Coimbatore region they can easily answer this question.