Tamil Nadu
WhatsApp Business API for Puliyankudi's lemon traders, lorries and coir pith units
Puliyankudi sits at the foot of the Western Ghats on the highway between Tenkasi and Rajapalayam, and lives mainly by farming. Its lemons leave by lorry, and its buyers ask for the rate before they ask for anything else.
A Puliyankudi business
- Good morning. What is today's rate for big lemons? We need 40 bags for our shop in Kollam.
- Good morning! Rate and photos of today's grade are below. If you confirm by noon, the lorry loads tonight.
- Confirmed. Please send the weight slip when it leaves.
- Will do. The dispatch note with the slip, the bill and the driver's number will come here when the lorry leaves the yard.
For Puliyankudi's lemon commission agents and traders, the growers who bring lemons to their yards, the lorry owners on NH 208 towards Kerala and the coir pith units of Tenkasi's ODOP list: what to get ready before one lemon lorry leaves, which messages need templates, and what each costs.
See it work
Before one Puliyankudi lemon lorry leaves for Kerala
A trader has sold forty bags to a shop in Kollam, up NH 208. Tick off what has to be ready on WhatsApp before the lorry pulls out of the yard, and see which items Meta has to approve first.
The three required items are the ones that cannot be fixed on the road. A dispatch template that is still waiting for approval, or a buyer who never agreed to hear from the yard, means the note cannot go out when the lorry leaves.
Everything after that is ordinary trade. If the Kollam shop writes back about the weight, the trader's answers are replies, and the window stays open for 24 hours from the shop's last message.
A lemon lorry's WhatsApp checklist
6/6
ticked
- Required
- 3 / 3
- Optional
- 3 / 3
Lorry ready to leave the yard
Every item ticked.
Lorry ready to leave the yard. 6 of 6 ticked.
Market brief
Puliyankudi in seven lines
From the Puliangudi municipality, the Tenkasi district administration and Invest India's ODOP list; the lemon markets and the mosque from Wikipedia as background only.
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Puliangudi lies between Tenkasi and Rajapalayam on the Tenkasi–Thirumangalam national highway, NH-208, about 30 km from Tenkasi and 40 km from Rajapalayam.[1]
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The town sits at the foot of the Western Ghats, sloping gently from west to east, with a generally dry climate outside the monsoons.[1]
- 03
The municipality covers 55.166 sq km and four revenue villages: Mela Puliangudi, Puliangudi, Chinthamani and Thirumalai Naicken Pudukudi; its office is on Subramaniasamy South North Street.[1]
- 04
Tenkasi district was formed from Tirunelveli under a government order of 12 November 2019; Kerala lies to its west, and the Chittar and Anumanadhi water it.[2]
- 05
Invest India's ODOP list names the coir pith block for Tenkasi district.[3]
- 06
The town is mainly agricultural and known for its lemons, with lemon markets in Puliyangudi and Punnaiyapuram that sell on to other districts and to Kerala.[4]
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Puliyangudi falls in Kadayanallur taluk, whose headquarters is 16 km south; its Big Mosque was built by the Lebbai family.[4]
Industries
Who in Puliyankudi answers on WhatsApp
Four trades that follow from the lemon markets, the highway and the district's ODOP product.
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Lemon commission agents and traders
The town's lemon markets sell to buyers in other districts and in Kerala, who want the rate and the grade before they commit.[4]
On WhatsApp: Rate and grade replies · Dispatch note with the weighment slip · Payment reminders
- 02
- 03
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Coir pith block units
Coir pith block is Tenkasi district's ODOP product, sold to exporters and growers who write in English as often as Tamil.[3]
On WhatsApp: Specification replies · Container booking note · Invoice and payment reminder
Tamil in the yard, Malayalam over the border
Growers and local buyers write in Tamil. Kerala is across the district's western edge, and many lemon buyers there will read Malayalam first.
Meta does not translate templates. A trader writes the Malayalam dispatch note itself, or has it written, and Meta approves it separately from the Tamil and English versions under the same name. Replies need no template; InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil | ta | Growers, yard staff and Tamil Nadu buyers |
| Malayalam | ml | Shops and wholesalers in Kerala |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices and coir pith exporters' offices |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Puliyankudi lemon trader's month costs to message
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply to a buyer or grower, ₹0.19 for a dispatch or payment note, ₹0.94 for a rate list to buyers who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Puliyankudi · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A shop in Kollam on an Indian +91 number costs the same India rate as a grower down the road; Meta charges by the recipient's country code, not the state. Invoices are in rupees with GST to your Tamil Nadu GSTIN.
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What a Puliyankudi business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the lorry checklist.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Write the dispatch and payment templates once in Tamil, Malayalam and English, submit them for approval, and reuse them for every lorry.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Each Kerala buyer's yes to rate lists is stored with its date and source, and STOP is enforced even if the number is imported again.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The yard clerk, the accounts desk and the owner answer buyers and growers from one number while the bags are being weighed.
- Busy accounting integration
A native integration with Busy accounting software: 25 document types and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp, with no integration fee.
Traders billing in Busy send invoices and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp, with no integration fee.
Nearby
City pages near Puliyankudi
The nearest markets along NH 208 and the foot of the hills.
Kadayanallur, 16 km south, has its own page about its jewellers and handlooms, and Tenkasi's covers its lodges and coir pith units; this one stays with Puliyankudi's lemons and lorries. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Puliyankudi teams
Questions Puliyankudi businesses ask
- Shops in Kerala ask our Puliyankudi lemon commission business for the rate every morning. Can we send the rate to all of them each day?
- Only to shops that asked to receive it. A rate list sent unasked is a marketing template at ₹0.94, and goes to buyers whose yes is recorded with its date and source. A shop that writes to you for the rate gets it as a reply at ₹0.145, with no template.
- Our lemon lorry leaves the Puliyankudi yard on NH 208 for Kollam at night. Can the weighment slip and invoice reach the buyer before it arrives?
- Yes. A dispatch note for an order the buyer placed is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the slip or invoice PDF in its header and the lorry number, bag count and driver's number as variables.
- Our Kerala buyers read Malayalam first. Can our Puliyankudi firm's dispatch template be in Malayalam?
- Yes. Malayalam (ml) is one of Meta's template languages. You write the Malayalam text yourself, because Meta does not translate templates, and it is approved separately from your Tamil (ta) and English (en_IN) versions.
- Growers from Chinthamani and Thirumalai Naicken Pudukudi bring lemons to our Puliyankudi yard. Can each grower's payment note go on WhatsApp?
- Yes. A payment note for a lot the grower sold you is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the weight, the rate and the amount as variables. If the grower replies with a question, your answers for the next 24 hours are replies at ₹0.145.
- Our coir pith block unit near Puliyankudi supplies exporters. Can the container booking note go to their office in English?
- Yes. A booking note for an order the exporter placed is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in English (en_IN), with the container, the block count and the loading date as variables. It costs the India rate on an Indian number.
- Buyers message our Puliyankudi lemon shop while the yard staff are weighing bags. Can a menu answer the grade and rate first?
- Yes. An InfiQ Flows menu can answer the grade, the rate and the loading time, and pass the order to staff when they are free. Each answer to a buyer who wrote first is a reply at ₹0.145; Growth includes one Flow.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Puliangudi Municipality · Commissionerate of Municipal Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu · read 2026-10-21
- [2]About district · District Administration, Tenkasi · read 2026-10-21
- [3]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Puliangudi (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [5]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Management API: message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
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