Kuthalam taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

in the

Mayiladuthurai District Mayiladuthurai district is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarters is located at Mayiladuthurai. Geography The district is bounded on the north by Cuddalore di ...

in the state of

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. The administrative headquarters is the town of

Kuthalam Kuthalam (Tiruthuruthi (now known as Kuthalam)) is a panchayat town in Mayiladuthurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The language being spoken is Tamil. Kutthalam is located at the distance of 285 km from Chennai, 13 km fr ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kuthalam had a population of 131,927 with 64,874 males and 67,053 females. There were 1034 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 75.78. Child population in the age group below 6 was 6,401 Males and 6,316 Females.

References

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