Thanjavur District has 50
Firkas, 906 Revenue villages. Cholas, the Pandyas, the Nayakas, the Marathas, and additionally the British
have left a mark withinside the records of Thanjavur. They additionally, encouraged
best arts, built dams, ports and cities. In new delta location, the groundnut is the major crop.
SIDCO estates exist in Thanjavur, Nanjikottai, Kumbakonam,
Pillayarpatti, Tirubhuvanam and Budhalur. Thanjavur is well-known for its conventional handicrafts and industrial
clusters worried withinside the manufacturing of Thanjavur plates & Arts, Thanjavur
brass articles, coir products, silk weaving handloom, icon and artwork plate
works are placed in Thanjavur, Nachairkoil, Ammapettai,Swamimalai,
Korkai, Kumbakonam, Pattukkottai, Tirubhuvanam, and Budhalur. In 2001 census,
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Thanjavur had populace of 22,16,138, wherein Male and Female had been
10,96,638 and 11,19,500 respectively.
Agricultural Resources and Irrigation
Agriculture is still the maximum important zone of this district
economic system and Thanjavur being the most district of the Cauvery delta
and occupies an vital function withinside the agricultural map of Tamilnadu,
70% populace is engaged in Agricultural and allied sports of their
livelihood. Kumbakonam, Madukkur, Orathanadu,
Papanasam, Pattukottai, Peravurani, Sethubavachatram, Thanjavur,
Thirupananthal, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvidaimarudur and Thiruvonam. Pulses like black gram, inexperienced gram and coins vegetation like cotton
and gingelly are grown.
