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Thanjavur is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1][2]
Within the taluk are the municipality of Thanjavur and the panchayat towns of Nanjikottai, Vallam, Neelagiri, Pudupattinam, and Vilar.[1]
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Thanjavur had a population of 510,411 with 253,723 males and 256,688 females. There were 1,012 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.51%. Of the children less than six years of age, 23,251 were male and 21,749 were female.[3]
| Rank | Taluk | Pop. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanjavur | Thanjavur taluk | 290,724 | ||||||
| 2 | Kumbakonam | Kumbakonam taluk | 167,098 | ||||||
| 3 | Pattukkottai | Pattukkottai taluk | 65,553 | ||||||
| 4 | Adiramapattinam | Pattukkottai taluk | 31,066 | ||||||
| 5 | Peravurani | Peravurani taluk | 21,035 | ||||||
| 6 | Papanasam | Papanasam taluk | 16,397 | ||||||
| 7 | Madukkur | Pattukkottai taluk | 15,436 | ||||||
| 8 | Thiruvaiyaru | Thiruvaiyaru taluk | 14,535 | ||||||
| 9 | Vallam | Thanjavur taluk | 14,495 | ||||||
| 10 | Ayyampettai (Thanjavur district) | Papanasam taluk | 14,202 | ||||||