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India is considered as the largest producer, consumer as well as exporter of turmeric in the world. In India, turmeric is grown on an area of 0.18 million hectares with a yield of 0.83 million tons in 2014-15. Tamil Nadu accounts for 14.04 per cent of the total production. In Tamil Nadu, Erode district is the largest in turmeric growing, which contributes about 24.14 per cent of total area and 33.37 per cent of total production (Statistical Handbook of Tamil Nadu, 2016, Government of Tamil Nadu). Here an attempt has been made to analyze the socio-economic conditions and various constraints faced by the turmeric growers in Coimbatore district. The area selected for the study was Karamadai and Thondamuthur block of Coimbatore district which is highest in area under cultivation of turmeric. For the present study frequency or percentage analysis has been done for elucidating the socio-economic background of the turmeric growers and Garret ranking techniques for ranking the constrains facing by the farmers were used. It was concluded that many of the turmeric cultivators (respondents) were facing an issue of very low productivity of produce which need to addressed soon to enhance the livelihood of the growers.