Sakkottai is a neighbourhood of
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...
Municipal Corporation of
Thanjavur district
Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur (Tanjore) . The district is located in the delta of the Cauv ...
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Tamil Nadu
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, India. The neighbourhood 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".
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.
Sakkottai had a sex ratio of 1,010.
Sakkottai had a literacy rate of 70.22.
The male literacy rate was 79.37 while the female literacy rate was 64.66.
The village had a
scheduled caste population of 790 and a
scheduled tribe population of 4.
Prominent personalities
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Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar: Indian historian and Dravidologist.
References
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Villages in Thanjavur district