Kadamangudi | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thanjavur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 612504 |
| Telephone code | 0435 |
| Nearest city | Kumbakonam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mayiladuthurai |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Thiruvidaimarudur |
Kadamangudi [1] is a village in Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, situated along the river Kollidam. It consists of just over 100 families. It is surrounded by the river Kollidam which flows through here in north, village of Veerakkan in the south, village of Koothanur to the east and village of Ayyanallur to the west.
Thanjavur District is one of the 37 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River and is mostly agrarian. As of 2011, Thanjavur district had a population of 2,405,890 with a sex-ratio of 1,035 females for every 1,000 males.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Tamil Nadu, is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
It is situated 300 km from the state capital Chennai and 18 km from the nearest big town Kumbakonam. To approach this village you have alight at Thirupanandal or Senganoor on the Chennai-Kumbakonam state highway.
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is the biggest cultural, economic and educational centre of south India. According to the 2011 Indian census, it is the sixth-most populous city and fourth-most populous urban agglomeration in India. The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the Chennai Metropolitan Area, which is the 36th-largest urban area by population in the world. Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the 43rd-most visited city in the world for the year 2015. The Quality of Living Survey rated Chennai as the safest city in India. Chennai attracts 45 percent of health tourists visiting India, and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists. As such, it is termed "India's health capital". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial pollution, as well as other logistical and socio-economic problems.
Kumbakonam, is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district. It is located 40 km (25 mi) from Thanjavur and 273 km (170 mi) from Chennai. Kumbakonam is known as a "temple city" due to the prevalence of a number of temples here and is noted for its Mahamaham festival which attracts people from all over the country.
Though it has agrarian background like any other village in India, it has distinguished itself from other villages by producing minimum one graduate per family. Also, it has created many teachers and Government employees.
The Thanjavur district ends here and the other side of river Kollidam is in Trichy district.
In 2009 General Elections, it was shifted to Mayiladuturai (Lok Sabha constituency) from Thanjavur district.
Mayiladuthurai is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.
