Mettupalayam is a panchayat town in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Mettupalayam is situated on the bank of Bhavani River at the foot of the Nilgiri mountains.
As of 2001 India census, P. Mettupalayam had a population of 9139. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. P. Mettupalayam has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 47%. In P. Mettupalayam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
