Papanasam taluk is a talukofThanjavur district of the Indian stateofTamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Papanasam.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Papanasam had a population of 272,871 with 133,814 males and 139,057 females.[1] This was an increase of 7% from the 2001 total of 255,093.[2] There were 1,039 women for every 1,000 men,[1] up from 1,027 per 1,000 males in 2001.[2] The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.72%,[1] up from 72.48% in 2001.[2] Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,410 males and 12,682 females.[1]
There are two panchayat towns in the taluk, Ayyampettai and the administrative headquarters, Papanasam.[3] In 2011, there were 34 listed panchayat villages in Papanasam taluk,[4] which have superintending control over more than seventy other villages.[5] Tamil Nadu lists 120 revenue villages in Papanasam tauk.[6]
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10°56′N 79°17′E / 10.933°N 79.283°E / 10.933; 79.283