Eraharam Explained

Eraharam
Other Name:Eragaram
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
Leader Title:Panchayat President
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1930
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:612002,612303

Eraharam is a village in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. It is locally known as Eragaram. It has an old Murugan temple known as Kandhanathaswamy thirukovil. The residents' main occupations are agriculture and fishing.

The water resources are ground water, tap water, canal water and water from Chakara Pond. There is a bus stop, but few road connections to the village. The population of the village shrank from 1930 (2001 census) to 1222 in the 2011 census. In the 2001 census, Eraharam had 924 males and 1006 females. The sex ratio was 1089 and the literacy rate, 70.16.In this village there are many temples too. Some of them are:

Temples

There are many temples in this village, the murugan temple in this village is the adhi temple for swami malai murugan temple Kandhanathaswamy thirukovil

And there is a vinayagar temple and a sivan temple also known as Unnathapureshwarar kovil

Transportation and Routes

This village has roads which connects this village to the neighbouring city Kumbakonam, and the villages of Innambur and thirupurambiyam. Buses also are available to this village. The nearest railway station is kumbakonam railway station and the nearest airport is Trichy International Airport.

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