Cholapuram is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in the

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

of the state of

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

.In ancient time, it's called as Bhairavapuram.

Population

According to the 2001 Indian population census, the population of Cholapuram was 6,364, of which women constituted 52%. Cholapuram's literacy rate stood at 79%, which is higher than the national average of 59.9%. The male literacy rate was 79%, compared to the female literacy rate of 66%. Cholapuram also has a substantially large number of people under the age of six: according to the census that year this number stood at 12% of the population. Majority of its residents are Muslims, Dalits and Hindus are also scattered living in its surroundings. Three big mosques and Temples are religious identification.

Agriculture

The income of Cholapuram's residents is heavily dependent upon agriculture, trading and the welding works. The major crops cultivated in are paddy (rice), pulses, gingelly, groundnut and sugarcane. Minor crops like maize, soybeans, and

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vegetables, cotton, casuarina trees (savukku), fruits, chili, banana trees, ginger, groundnut, and pulses are also grown.

Education

Schools and colleges in Cholapuram include: *Cholapuram Government High School *Jayam Middle School *Cholapuram Government School (From 1st - 5th Standard) *Sri Venkateshwara Matriculation School *Morning Star Matriculation School -Cholapuram Kumbakonam *Annai College Of Arts and Science, Kallapuliyur Village Kumbakonam Thanjavur *SKSS Arts College, Thirupanandal Kumbakonam Thanjavur *Mass College Of Arts & Science, Kallapuliyur Village Kumbakonam Thanjavur *Arasu Engineering and Polytechnic College, Kallapuliyur Village Kumbakonam Thanjavur.

Business

Major business in Cholapuram include the Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and The City Union Bank. The Cholapuram area is popular for welding works. There are number of general merchant stores, medicals, fertilizer shops, fancy stores, meat stall, super market, Restaurants, Cabs, Travels and Sweet Stalls are doing business. It is predominantly agriculture based. A sizable population of people took up jobs in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. As the opportunities in these countries diminished, educated younger generation opted for lucrative jobs in Arab countries of the Persian Gulf (Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) and few of them in England and United States of America, most probability every household in the village has at least one person in the Persian Gulf (Middle East Countries).

Religion

* Sri bhairaveshwara temple

Transportation

The National highway NH 32, connects

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and

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passes through Cholapuram. The Kumbakonam railway station is the nearest to Cholapuram. The main bus terminal in Kumbakonam, provides inner and outer area transportation. Cholapuram is served by town buses from

Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum) or Kudanthai is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the headq ...

. Cholapuram is located at the distance of 270 km from

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and 13 km from Kumbakonam and the nearest airport is in

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at 90 km.

References

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Athiyur Athiyur is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu India. It is located 44 km north of the district headquarters in Thanjavur. Agriculture is the basis of the economy. Almost every job and/or occupation is in s ...

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