Uthukkottai taluk

Taluk of Tiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

13°20′12″N 79°54′05″E / 13.3367°N 79.9013°E / 13.3367; 79.9013 Uthukkottai taluk is a taluk of Tiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Uthukkottai.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Uthukkottai had a population of 149,991 with 74,079 males and 75,912 females. There were 1025 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 62.34. Child population in the age group below 6 was 7,803 Males and 7,581 Females.^[1]

Points of interest

Sri Bhavani Amman Temple in Periapalayam
Surutapalli Pallikondeswarar Temple,
Gangaikonda cholapuram temple, a UNESCO site in Gangaikonda cholapuram is nearly 2 km from the taluk^[2] about 2 km from the town of Uthukkottai, has the only "Sayana Sivan" (sleeping Siva), which is called 'Pallikondeswarar.

Towns and villages

Uthukkottai Taluk has one town, the panchayat town of Uthukkottai, and eighty-eight villages. At the 2011 census, three of the villages had populations over 5000: Pennalurpet, Periyapalayam, and Vadamadurai. The villages are:^[3]

Adhilivakkam
Akkarapakkam
Alapakkam I
Alapakkam II
Alinjivakkam
Amindanallur
Ammambakkam
Ananderi
Annadanakkakavakkam
Ariapakkam I
Ariapakkam II
Ariyathur
Athangikavanur
Athupakkam
Attrambakkam
Avicheri
Boochiathipattu
Devandavakkam
Edambedu
Ellapuram
Enambakkam
Gerugambakkam
Goonipalayam
Govindarajakuppam
Gurupuram
Kadarvedu
Kaiyadai
kammarpalayam
Kakkavakkam
Kalavai
Kalpattu
Kannigaipair
Katchur
Kilakarmanur
Koorambakkam
Korakkanthandalam
Kottakuppam
Kunjaram
Lachivakkam
Madavilagam
Maduravasal
Mambakkam
Mamballam
Mambattu
Manjankaranai
Melakaramanur
Melandur
Melmaligaipattu
Meyyur
Mylapore
Nambakkam
Nayapakkam
Neiveli
Nelvoy
Oddappai
Pagalamedu
Palavakkam
Panapakkam I
Panapakkam II
Panayancheri
Pennalurpet
Perandur
Perittivakkam
Periyapalayam
Perumudivakkam
Pondavakkam
Puducheri
Punnapakkam
Rallapadi
Seeyancheri
Sengarai
Sengunram
Senjiagaram
Sennankaranai
Soolaimani
Thamaraikuppam
Thandalam
Tharatchi (Tharakshi)
Thimmaboopalapuram
Thirukkandalam
Thirunilai
Tholavedu
Thumbakkam
Vadamadurai
Vadathillai
Vannankuppam
Velagapauram
Velapakkam
Vellathukottai

References

^ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ "Suruttapalii Pallikondeswara Temple". Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
^ "NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Thiruvallur: Uthukkottai". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.