Mayiladuthurai taluk is a taluk of Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Mayiladuthurai. Mozhaiyur is 1 of 113 villages in the taluk of Mayiladuthurai.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Mayiladuthurai had a population of 259,446 with 128,169 males and 131,277 females. There were 1024 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.78. Child population in the age group below 6 was 11,659 Males and 11,454 Females.