Thirukkuvalai is a village situated in
Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Nagapattinam district was carved out by bifurcating the erstwhile composite Thanjavur district on 19 October 1991. The town of Nagapattinam is the district ...
of Indian state of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
.
The village is known for the
Brahmapureeswarar Temple. It is the birthplace of former chief minister of the state,
M. Karunanidhi where his ancestral home functions as a library.
Demographics
According to the latest
2011 Indian census, the village has a population of 4255 divided in 1161 families of which male population is 2135 and female with 2120, 10.62 percent of population is under six years of age. The literacy rate of 80.94 percent and the sex ratio 993 are almost same as that of the state level which is 80.09 percent and 996. Literacy stands at 88.21 percent for men and 73.74 percent for women.
This village have Anna university, this is the only government engineering college of this district
References
Nagapattinam district
Villages in Nagapattinam district
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