Sakkottai, Thanjavur district

Sakkottai is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The village is famous for the Amirthakadeswarar Temple. Popular Indian historian S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar and Manimekalai Sukumar Mudaliyar hailed from Sakkottai. In older days it was known as "Savvukottai".

Sakkottai
village
Sakkottai
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Sakkottai
Sakkottai (India)
Coordinates: 10.93°N 79.4°E / 10.93; 79.4
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictThanjavur
TalukKumbakonam
Population
 (2001)
 • Total2,889
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
612401
Telephone code0435

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, Sakkottai had a population of 2,889, of whom 1,437 were males and 1,452 females, 301 of whom were under six years of age.[1] Sakkottai had a sex ratio of 1,010.[1] Sakkottai had a literacy rate of 70.22.[1] The male literacy rate was 79.37 while the female literacy rate was 64.66.[1] The village had a scheduled caste population of 790 and a scheduled tribe population of 4.[1]

Prominent personalities
  • Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar: Indian historian and Dravidologist.
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References
  1. "Primary Census Abstract Data of Tamil Nadu". Directorate of Census Operations. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009.
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