Thottiyam is a
panchayat town in
Tiruchirappalli district in the
Indian
state of
Tamil Nadu. Thamilselvi Thirugnanam is the current President of Thottiyam. It is situated 60 km north-west of
Tiruchirapalli on Tiruchy-Namakkal State Highway (SH-25) and further it connects Namakkal-Salem-Bangalore National Highway (
NH 7). It is located near the
Kaveri River
The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dist ...
, about 12 km north-west of Musiri.
Koranganatha Temple located in the outskirts of the town is a historic temple built during the
Chola
The Chola dynasty was a Tamils, Tamil thalassocratic Tamil Dynasties, empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated ...
period in the 10th century.
Demographics
As of 2001 India
census, Thottiyam had a population of 23,357. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thottiyam has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 66%. In Thottiyam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Thottiyam current town panchayat president is Thamilselvi Thirugnanam.
Thottiyam assembly constituency was a part of
Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) and recently merged with the
Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency). The election commission has decided to merge the state assembly constituency of Thottiam with the Musiri constituency, political observers fear that it may affect the identity of this constituency.
References
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External links
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List of State Highways in Tamil Nadu
Cities and towns in Tiruchirappalli district