Papanasam 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 ...
of
Thanjavur district of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Papanasam
Papanasam is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Kumbakonam. The name literally translates to "Destruction of Sins" in the Tamil language. It is the suburban region ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Papanasam had a population of 272,871 with 133,814 males and 139,057 females.
This was an increase of 7% from the 2001 total of 255,093.
There were 1,039 women for every 1,000 men,
up from 1,027 per 1,000 males in 2001.
The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.72%,
up from 72.48% in 2001.
Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,410 males and 12,682 females.
Towns and villages
There are two
panchayat towns in the taluk,
Ayyampettai and the administrative headquarters, Papanasam. In 2011, there were 34 listed panchayat villages in Papanasam taluk,
which have superintending control over more than seventy other villages.
Tamil Nadu lists 120 revenue villages in Papanasam tauk.
References
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Taluks of Thanjavur district