Thanjavur Taluk

Tuluks of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Thanjavur is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ^[1]^[2]

Overview

Within the tuluk are the municipality of Thanjavur and the towns of Nanjikottai, Vallam, Neelagiri, Pudupattinam, and Vilar.^[1]

The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Thanjavur, which is also the seat of the district administration. It has two revenue blocks: Budalur and Thanjavur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Thanjavur had a population of 510,411 with 253,723 males and 256,688 females. There were 1012 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.51%. Of the children less than six years of age, 23,251 were male and 21,749 were female.^[3]

References

1 2 "Thanjavur Taluka - Thanjavur". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ "Taluks of Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Thanjavur district

District headquarters	Thanjavur

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Chola Nadu

Divisions	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai Thanjavur

Taluks	Kumbakonam Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Thanjavur Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur

Revenue blocks	Ammapettai Budalur Kumbakonam Madukkur Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Sethubhavachatram Thanjavur Thiruppanandal Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur Thiruvonam

Municipal Corporations	Thanjavur

Municipalities	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai

Rivers	Arasalar Kaveri Kollidam

History	Early Cholas Kalabhra dynasty Pallava dynasty Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Delhi Sultanate Madurai Sultanate Vijayanagara Empire Thanjavur Nayaks Thanjavur Marathas Company Raj British Raj

Places of interest	Adi Kumbeswarar Temple Airavatesvara Temple Aiyarappar temple Brihadeeswarar Temple Kalyanasundaresar Temple Kampaheswarar Temple Kanjanur Mahalingeswarar Temple Manora Fort Melattur Nachiyar Koil Poondi Madha Basilica Punnainallur Mariamman Samadhi of Bodhendra Saraswathi Sarangapani Temple Saraswathi Mahal Library Sivaganga Park Suryanar Kovil Swamimalai Murugan Temple Swetha Vinayagar Temple Thanjavur Maratha Palace Thingalur Tiruvidaimarudur Conservation Reserve Uppiliappan Temple Vasishteswarar Temple Veetrirundha Perumal Temple

Religious and monastic institutions	Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjore Sri Sankara Mutt Sri Sridhara Ayyaval Mutt Sri Vijayendra Mutt Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan Thiruppanandal Adheenam

Universities	Periyar Maniammai University SASTRA University PRIST University Tamil University

Cities and towns People Villages

Largest cities or towns in Thanjavur district Census of TN 2011
	Rank		Taluk	Pop.
Thanjavur Kumbakonam	1	Thanjavur	Thanjavur taluk	290,724
	2	Kumbakonam	Kumbakonam taluk	167,098
	3	Pattukkottai	Pattukkottai taluk	65,553
	4	Adiramapattinam	Pattukkottai taluk	31,066
	5	Peravurani	Peravurani taluk	21,035
	6	Papanasam	Papanasam taluk	16,397
	7	Madukkur	Pattukkottai taluk	15,436
	8	Thiruvaiyaru	Thiruvaiyaru taluk	14,535
	9	Vallam	Thanjavur taluk	14,495
	10	Ayyampettai (Thanjavur district)	Papanasam taluk	14,202

Coordinates: 10°46′55″N 79°07′48″E / 10.782°N 79.130°E / 10.782; 79.130

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