Sethiathoppu
Sign in to saveSethiathoppu () is a panchayat town in Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu. It is situated on a crossroads of the Chennai–Thanjavur (National Highway 24) highway. The town was established as a civilian town by the Cholas in the 11th century C.E. According to Tamil scholars, Sethiathoppu was formed as a settlement when Chola king Rajendra I moved his capital from Thanjavur to Gangaikonda Cholapuram, which lies 20 km south.
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- Settlement.name
- Sethiathoppu
- Settlement.other_name
- Sethiyathope
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Panchayat town
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- India Tamil Nadu
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- Sethiathoopu
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- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cuddalore
- Settlement.leader_title
- President
- Settlement.leader_name
- K.V.Kulothungan
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14
- Settlement.population_total
- 10,547
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Sethiathoppu () is a panchayat town in Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu. It is situated on a crossroads of the Chennai–Thanjavur (National Highway 24) highway. The town was established as a civilian town by the Cholas in the 11th century C.E. According to Tamil scholars, Sethiathoppu was formed as a settlement when Chola king Rajendra I moved his capital from Thanjavur to Gangaikonda Cholapuram, which lies 20 km south.
The town is named after Sethiyaar, a landlord, who used to own land in Thoppu, on the banks of the Vellar River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sethiathoppu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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