Pattukkottai taluk is a taluk of Thanjavur district

Thanjavur District

Thanjavur District is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur.-Geography:...

 of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Pattukkottai

Pattukkottai

Pattukkottai is a town in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It forms the headquarters of the Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district and is one of the three municipalities in the district.- History :...

. It is the biggest taluk in the district.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Pattukkottai had a population of 370,288 with 181,460 males and 188,828 females. There were 1041 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.65. The total number of households was 83917.