Location :
Thanjavur District is Located in Eastern side of Central Tamil Nadu and District lies between 90 50’ 00” N to 110 25’ 00” N and 700 23’ 00” E to 780 43’ 00” E. Thanjavur Railway station connected by southern railway which connects Chennai, Madurai, Tuticorin and Thirunelveli, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur , Trichy, Salam, Erode, Coimbatore. Thanjavur is also well connected by Roadways, which is also important road junction on Thanjavur– Ariyalur, Thanjavur – Chidambaram, Thanjavur – Nagapattinam, Thanajvur – Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur – Madurai, Thanajvur – Trichy. Important National Highways are 1. NH-36 – Vikravandi-Thanjavur-Manamadurai, 2. NH-83 – Coimbatore- Thanjavur – Nagapattinam. Important State Highways are
- SH-8 —Vikravandi – Kumbakonam – Thanajvur.
- SH-29 –Thanjavur – Kararikudi – Sayalkudi.
- SH-63 — Thanjavur – Thiruthuraipoondi – Kodiakkarai.
- SH-66 — Kumbakonam –Mannargudi – Adirampattinam.
- SH-99 — Thirukkattupalli – Sengipatti – Pattukottai.
- SH-99A — Thanjavur – Vallam.
- SH-146 — Mannargudi – Pattukottai – Sethubavachadram.
- SH-147 — Kumbakonam – karaikal.
Area and Population
Thanjavur District, Totally covering an area of 3396.57 Sq kms. As per 2011 census, Thanjavur had population of 24,05,890, in which Male and Female were 11,82,416 and 12,23,474 respectively . In 2001 census, Thanjavur had population of 22,16,138, in which Male and Female were 10,96,638 and 11,19,500 respectively. There is a increase of 8.56 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001.
