Peravurani
Sign in to savePeravurani is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Peravurani Taluk and Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency). It is declared as Special Grade Town Panchayat.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Peravurani
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Tamil
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town Panchayat in Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fort of Manora
- Settlement.nicknames
- Coconut Town, Perai
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thanjavur
- Settlement.blank2_name_sec1
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Settlement.blank2_info_sec1
- Thanjavur
- Settlement.established_date
- 04, June 1951
- Settlement.named_for
- Peravurani literally means "Big Pond", which is derived from the Tamil words Periya meaning big and Oorani meaning a Pond
- Settlement.government_type
- Special Grade Town Panchayat
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- Geography
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- Economy
- Administration
- Politics
- Peravurani Assembly Constituency
- Election results
- Notable people
- Political leaders
- Cinema personalities
- Media personalities
- Education
- Government educational institutions
- Private educational institutions
- Transport
- Rail Lines
- Road lines
- Climate
- Tourism
- See also
- References
Peravurani is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Peravurani Taluk and Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency). It is declared as Special Grade Town Panchayat.
==Geography== Peravurani is located at . It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet). This town lies in the new delta region of River Cauvery. This region is irrigated from the water source of Kallanai Kalvai and its distributories.(Canals built by the British to carry water from Grand Anaicut to this region). This area mostly consists of riverine alluvium, red loam, lateritic and black soil types in which the alluvial soil being the predominant type.