Kumbakonam Taluk

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Kumbakonam taluk is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kumbakonam.

[edit] Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Kumbakonam had a population of 404,393 with 201,858 males and 202,535 females. There were 1003 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.33. The total number of households was 91470.

[edit] References

"Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx.

v d e Thanjavur District

District Headquarters	Thanjavur

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Chola Nadu

Divisions	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai Thanjavur

Taluks	Kumbakonam Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Thanjavur Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur

Revenue blocks	Ammapettai Budalur Kumbakonam Madukur Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Sethubhavachatram Thanjavur Thiruppanandal Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur Thiruvonam

Municipalities	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai Thanjavur

Rivers	Arasalar Kaveri Kollidam

History	Early Cholas Kalabhras Pallavas Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Delhi Sultanate Madurai Sultanate Vijayanagar Empire Thanjavur Nayaks Thanjavur Marathas Company Raj British Raj

Places of interest	Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam Airavateswara Temple, Darasuram Aiyarappar temple Brihadeeswara temple, Thanjavur Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam Kanjanur Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur Manora Fort Melattur Nachiyar Koil Oppliyappan Sannadhi, Kumbakonam Poondi Madha Basilica Punnainallur Mariamman, Thanjavur Samadhi of Bodhendra Saraswathi Sarangapani Temple, Kumbakonam Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur Sivaganga Park Suryanar Kovil Swamimalai Murugan Temple, Swamimalai Swetha Vinayagar Temple, Thiruvalanchuzhi Thanjavur Maratha palace, Thanjavur Thingalur Tiruvidaimarudur Conservation Reserve Vasishteswarar Temple, Thittai Veetrirundha Perumal Temple, Veppathur

Religious and monastic institutions	Church of South India Trichy-Tanjore diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjore Sri Sankara Mutt, Kumbakonam Sri Sridhara Ayyaval Mutt Sri Vijayendra Mutt, Kumbakonam Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan Thiruppanandal Adheenam

Universities	Periyar Maniammai University SASTRA University Tamil University

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