Papanasam Taluka - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Papanasam is an administrative taluka in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Pandaravadai, while the nearest airport is Tiruchirapally Civil Airport Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 46.1 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the taluka was 401 km², including 346.80 km² of rural area and 53.73 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 1042 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Papanasam Taluka

Papanasam Taluka has a total of 121 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Adhanur	Rural	Adhanur
2	Agaramangudi	Rural	Agaramangudi
3	Alangudi	Rural	Alangudi
4	Alangudi Bit	Rural	Alangudi
5	Alavandipuram	Rural	Alavandipuram
6	Annappanpettai	Rural	Annappanpettai
7	Arayapuram	Urban	Not applicable
8	Arayapuram Thattumalpaugai	Urban	Not applicable
9	Arulmolipet	Rural	Alangudi
10	Arumanallur	Unmapped	Thirumandangudi
11	Arundavapuram I	Rural	Arundavapuram
12	Arundavapuram II	Rural	Arundavapuram
13	Athur Thottam	Rural	Melakalakudi
14	Ayyampettai	Urban	Not applicable
15	Bhavaniyambalpuram	Rural	Pulavarnatham
16	Chakkarapalli (Ct)	Rural	Chakkarapalli
17	Dalavaipalayam	Rural	Kathirinatham
18	Deepambalpuram	Rural	Neikkunnam
19	Devaryampettai	Rural	Devarayanpettai
20	Eachankudi	Rural	Someswarapuram
21	Edaiyiruppu	Rural	Edaiyiruppu
22	Edakkudi	Rural	Kothangudi
23	Edavakkudi	Rural	Edavakkudi
24	Ganapathiagraharam -I	Rural	Manalur
25	Ganapathiagraharam -Ii	Rural	Ganapathiagraharam
26	Gopurajapuram	Rural	Gopurajapuram
27	Govindanallucheri	Rural	Govindanattucheri
28	Illuppakkorai	Rural	Iluppaikorai
29	Illuppakkorai Bit	Rural	Iluppaikorai
30	Jambugambalpuram I	Rural	Arumalaikkottai
31	Jambugambalpuram II	Rural	Arumalaikkottai
32	Kabisthalam	Rural	Kabistalam
33	Kalancheri	Rural	Kalancheri
34	Kambayanatham	Rural	Kambarnatham
35	Kandhavanam	Rural	Edavakkudi
36	Karumudukku Thattimal Padugai	Rural	Ukkadai
37	Karuppurpadugai	Rural	Sarukkai
38	Kathirinatham	Rural	Kathirinatham
39	Kattukuruchi	Rural	Annappanpettai
40	Kavalur	Rural	Kavalur
41	Keelakoil Pathu	Rural	Keelakoilpathu
42	Konthagai	Rural	Kondhagai
43	Koonancheri	Rural	Koonancheri
44	Kothangudi	Rural	Kothangudi
45	Kumilakudi	Rural	Nallavanniankudikadu
46	Mahimalai	Rural	Makimalai
47	Mahimalai Bit	Rural	Makimalai
48	Manojiyappachavadi	Urban	Not applicable
49	Maruthuvakkudi	Rural	Adhanur
50	Melakabisthalam	Rural	Melakabistalam
51	Melakalakudi	Rural	Melakalakudi
52	Melasemmangudi	Rural	Melasemmangudi
53	Melattur 1-M Sethi	Urban	Not applicable
54	Melattur 2-M Sethi	Urban	Not applicable
55	Melattur 3-M Sethi	Urban	Not applicable
56	Milattur V Sethi	Rural	Irumbuthalai
57	Milatturi V Sethi	Rural	Kovathagudi
58	Nadupadugai	Rural	Kondhagai
59	Nallavanniyankudikadu	Rural	Nallavanniankudikadu
60	Narasimmapuram	Rural	Thiyagasamudram
61	Neduvasal	Rural	Neduvasal
62	Neikunnam	Rural	Neikkunnam
63	Neithalur	Rural	Annappanpettai
64	Nellithope	Rural	Nellithoppu
65	Olaipadi	Rural	Olaipadi
66	Ombathuveli	Rural	Ompathuveli
67	Palliyur	Rural	Palliyur
68	Pandaravadai	Rural	Pandaravadai
69	Papanasam	Urban	Not applicable
70	Pasupathikoil II	Rural	Pasupathikoil
71	Pasupathikovil-1	Rural	Pasupathikoil
72	Perumakkanallur	Rural	Perumakkanallur
73	Perumalkoil	Rural	Perumalkoil
74	Ponmeindanallur	Rural	Devarayanpettai
75	Poondi I	Rural	Poondi
76	Poondi II	Rural	Poondi
77	Porakkudi	Rural	Vaiyacheri
78	Pugalkulithapattu	Rural	Kathirinatham
79	Pulavarnatham	Rural	Pulavarnatham
80	Pulimangalam	Rural	Devarayanpettai
81	Puliyakudi I	Rural	Puliyakkudi
82	Puliyakudi II	Rural	Karuppamudaliyarkottai
83	Puththur	Urban	Not applicable
84	Ragunathapuram	Rural	Regunathapuram
85	Rajagiri	Rural	Rajagiri
86	Ramanujapuram	Rural	Ramanujapuram
87	Raramuthirakkottai	Rural	Raramuthirakkottai
88	Saliyamangalam	Rural	Saliyamangalam
89	Sarapojirajapuram	Rural	Sarabojirajapuram
90	Sarukkai	Rural	Sarukkai
91	Sathiyamangalam	Rural	Sathiyamangalam
92	Senbugapuram	Rural	Jenbagapuram
93	Serumakkanallur	Rural	Serumakkanallur
94	Soolamangalam 2-M Sethi	Urban	Not applicable
95	Soolamangalam I Sethi	Rural	Soolamangalam
96	Sooliyakottai (Kambayanatham)	Rural	Suliakkottai
97	Soraikkayur	Rural	Suraikkayur
98	Thirubuvanam	Rural	Thirubuvanam
99	Thirukkarugavur	Rural	Thirukkarugavur
100	Thirumandagudi	Rural	Thirumandangudi
101	Thiruppalaththurai	Urban	Not applicable
102	Thiruvaigavur	Rural	Thiruvaigavur
103	Thiruvaiyathukudi	Rural	Thiruvaiyathukudi
104	Thiyagasumuthiram	Rural	Thiyagasamudram
105	Thurumbur	Rural	Thurumbur
106	Ukkadai	Rural	Ukkadai
107	Ullikkadai	Rural	Ullikadai
108	Umayalpuram	Rural	Umayalpuram
109	Umayalpuram-2	Rural	Umayalpuram
110	Umbalapadi	Rural	Umbalappadi
111	Utharamangalam	Rural	Kothangudi
112	Utharamangalam Kottam	Rural	Kothangudi
113	Vadakkumangudi	Rural	Vadakku Mangudi
114	Vadapathy	Rural	Vadapathi
115	Vaiyacheri	Rural	Vaiyacheri
116	Valathur	Rural	Valuthur
117	Veeramangudi	Rural	Veeramangudi
118	Vembukudi	Rural	Vembugudi
119	Vennugudithottam	Rural	Kothangudi
120	Viluthiyur	Rural	Viluthiyur
121	Viramangudi-2	Unmapped	Not applicable

Population of Papanasam Taluka

According to the 2011 Census, Papanasam Taluka had a total population of 2,73,511 people living in 68,310 households. The population comprised 1,33,965 males and 1,39,546 females, with an average population density of 683 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,73,511	2,10,770	62,741
Male Population	1,33,965	1,03,744	30,221
Female Population	1,39,546	1,07,026	32,520
Total Households	68,310	52,758	15,552
Population Density	683 / km²	608 / km²	1,168 / km²

Papanasam Taluka had 1,96,861 literate people and 27,796 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 71,633 and 647 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	27,796	21,354	6,442
Literate Population	1,96,861	1,48,212	48,649
Illiterate Population	76,650	62,558	14,092
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	71,633	64,493	7,140
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	647	179	468

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Taluka Overview
Taluka (Hindi)	Papanasam (पापनासम)
District	Thanjavur
State / UT	Tamil Nadu
Railway Station	Pandaravadai
Total Area	401 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	1042
Total Population (2011)	2,73,511
Density	683/km²
Total Villages	121

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