Thanjavur is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1]
Within the taluk are the municipality of Thanjavur and the panchayat towns of Nanjikottai, Vallam, Neelagiri, Pudupattinam, and Vilar.[2]
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Thanjavur had a population of 510,411 with 253,723 males and 256,688 females. There were 1,012 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.51%. Of the children less than six years of age, 23,251 were male and 21,749 were female.[3]