Kudavasal or Kodavasal is a
panchayat
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in
Thiruvarur district
Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu
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in the
India
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n
state
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Tamil Nadu
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. The town is the headquarters of
Kudavasal taluk.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Indian census,
Kudavasal had a population of 13,500. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Kudavasal has a literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The male literacy rate is 78%, and the female rate is 66%. In Kudavasal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Located at the heart of the
Cauvery
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delta, Kudavasal was a prominent settlement during medieval times. Brahmin scholars migrating from the north of India to the
Chola
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kingdom lived here. There are multiple Shaivite temples here including
Koneswarar Temple, and multiple Vaishnavite temples including the
Srinivasa Perumal Temple and
Varadharaja Perumal temple at Kodavasal. Post-independence migration trends have seen native populations move to urban centers like
Chennai
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, with subsequent settlement by the Muslim population resulting in a dramatic demographic shift.
References
Cities and towns in Tiruvarur district
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