Thottiyam

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Thottiyam
Town Panchayat
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Thottiyam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°59′00″N78°20′00″E / 10.9833°N 78.3333°E / 10.9833; 78.3333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruchirappalli
Region Central Tamil Nadu
Population
 (2001)
 • Total13,757
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TN-48

Thottiyam is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thamilselvi Thirugnanam is the current President of Thottiyam. It is situated 60 km north-west of Tiruchirapalli on Tiruchy-Namakkal State Highway (SH-25) and further it connects Namakkal-Salem-Bangalore National Highway (NH 7). It is located near the Kaveri River, about 12 km north-west of Musiri. [1] Koranganatha Temple located in the outskirts of the town is a historic temple built during the Chola period in the 10th century. [2] There is a village near by this town called Thirunarayana puram which has the famous Vedanarayana perumal temple, Thirunarayanapuram.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [3] Thottiyam had a population of 23,357. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thottiyam has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 66%. In Thottiyam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Thottiyam current town panchayat president is Thamilselvi Thirugnanam. Thottiyam assembly constituency was a part of Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) and recently merged with the Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency). The election commission has decided to merge the state assembly constituency of Thottiam with the Musiri constituency; political observers fear that it may affect the identity of this constituency. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Read the eBook Trichinopoly (Volume 1) by Madras (India : State) online for free (Page 33 of 45)".
  2. ↑ "Koranganatha Temple - Srinivasanallur". Government of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
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