Gandarvakottai

Gandarvakottai
—  town  —
Gandarvakottai Location of Gandarvakottai in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates	10°36′N 79°1′E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Pudukkottai
Nearest city	Thanjavur
Parliamentary constituency	Trichy
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Coastline	• 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter	•      40 °C (104 °F) •      25 °C (77 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 613301 • Telephone • +04322 • Vehicle • TN-55

Gandarvakottai is a taluk under Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the big town between Pudukottai and Tjanjavur. The nearest city is Trichi, 55 km away.

Gandarvakottai is the junction of 36 village peoples. Sundampatti, Mattangal, Sivanthanpatti, Aravampatti, and Komapuram are the main villages in the vicinity. APPU is the local television channel. Many higher secondary schools and matriculation schools are there. In Gkt 1000 years old siva temple ,Mariamman temple,kamatchi temple are here. Gkt has the many engineers(AERONAUTICAL),doctors,and business men.The nearest seaport for this district is Tuticorin,which is situated 380 km from Gkt. The nearest Airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, which is about 50 km from Pudukkottai. Regular air services available between Trichy, Colombo, Sharjah, Chennai, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia and Cochin.

Geography

It is located at 10°36′0″N 79°1′0″E.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Gandarvakottai had a total population of 79925 with 39984 males and 39941 females. Out of the total population 43937 people were literate.

External links

• About Gandarvakottai
• Wikimapia