Valamirankottai Explained

Valamirankottai
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thanjavur
Subdivision Type3:Taluk
Subdivision Name3:Thanjavur
Leader Title:Panchayat President
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1252
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Valamirankottai is a village in the Thanjavur taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

The name comes from Rajaraja cholan history. One time he visited this place and he saw a small lake. He removed the sword and kept it in under a tree. After drinking the water, when he attempted to take the sword, he was unable to take it back. At that time, he saw the God Sivan over the tree. So he created a Sivan temple and named the sword sit port, in Tamil Valamirankottai(VaaL amarndha kottai).

Demographics

At the 2001 census, Valamirankottai had a total population of 1623 with 638 males and 614 females. The sex ratio was 962. The literacy rate was 71.06.[1]

References

10.75°N 92°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001. Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. 2009-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090829003438/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx. 2009-08-29. dead.