Thedavur 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 ...

Salem district Salem District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the distri ...

in the

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History

Around 1200 CE, there were 2 major forces ruling in the neighborhood,

Aragalur Aragalur ("six moat place") is a village in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 6 km from Thalaivasal and 70 km from Salem. Etymology Aragalur literally means "six moat place" or the village having six moats. The moats were ...

(Nadu Naadu of Magadai Mandalam) ruled by Ponparappinan and Thedavur by Vanakkovaraiyars.

Demographics

India

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, Thedavur had a population of 7453. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thedavur has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 43%. In Thedavur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

References

Cities and towns in Salem district {{SalemIN-geo-stub