Thamarankottai
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Thamarankottai தாமரன்கோட்டை |
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 Thamarankottai
Thamarankottai
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| Coordinates: 10°26′N 79°19′E / 10.43°N 79.32°ECoordinates: 10°26′N 79°19′E / 10.43°N 79.32°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thanjavur |
| Taluk | Pattukkottai |
| Government | |
| • Village Panchayat President | Subathra Rajendiran |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 10,530 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 614613 |
| Telephone code | 91 4373 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 49 |
| Sex ratio | 1000 M for 1094 F ♂/♀ |
Thamarankottai is an agricultural village in Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, located in the delta of Cauvery river. Pattukottai is the nearest town, which lies some 10 km to the west. Farming and related activities constitute the core economic drivers of this pastoral village. It comes under Pattukottai legislative constituency and Thanjavur Parliament constituency. It is the second largest among the 32 villages of Musugundan Community.
Like any other typical village in Tamil Nadu country side, majority of the people in Thamarankottai belong to the farming community and the rest of them play supporting roles. The society is organized mainly on caste lines. Caste plays a vital role in social life and caste determines people's social status irrespective of their economic status.
According to the latest census done by Government of India, Thamarankottai North has 6,031 people (2,872 Males and 3,159 Females) in 1,460 households. Thamarankottai South has 4,499 people (2,156 Males and 2,343 Females) in 1,110 households.
Agriculture has been the mainstay of the village economy. Thamarankottai is situated at the tail end of the new delta region of Cauvery irrigation scheme. This scheme was introduced in this region during the 1930s through Cauvery Mettur Project (CMP) canal and prior to this agriculture was only rainfed. Rice based cropping system was predominant with rice – rice – pulse or groundnut sequence, during Kuruvai, Thaladi and Summer seasons, respectively. In some spots where tank (lake) irrigation possibility was available rice – rice – rice (three rice crops) sequence was also practiced during Kuruvai, Thaladi and Summer seasons, respectively. Irrigated agriculture flourished and brought wealth to the farmers until the late 1970s and early 1980s and afterward due to the interstate dispute on sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the reach of river water to the tail end canals of Tamarankottai became uncertain and if at all reaches it is only unseasonal. Therefore, to keep the mainstay profession moving and lack of expertise to go for alternative off farm income generation enterprises farmers of this village have resorted to deep bore wells for irrigation. However, in the absence of proper plans to recharge ground water with rain water received during rainy season, the present mode of agriculture using ground water from deep bore wells pose an environmental problem of sea water intrusion into the ground water and the consequent salinization of soils of the entire village.
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