Thakkolam

Thakkolam is a panchayat town in Ranipet district, Chennai Metropolitan Area region of Tamil Nadu, India. In Thakkolam there is a famous Siva temple, named Jalantheeswarar Temple, the main lord is Jalanadheeshwaran. It is one among 276 Paadal Petra Sthalam. The temple is the scene for the Battle of Takkolam.

Weather now

cached 1335h ago

36°overcast clouds

32% 9.9 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality: Thakkolam
Region: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Population: 13,983

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name: Thakkolam
Settlement.type: town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu#India3
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: Ranipet district
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vellore
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Suburban
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Chennai Metropolitan Area
Settlement.area_total_km2: 8.5
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_total: 13983
Settlement.postal_code: 631 151

via Wikipedia infobox

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections

Contents

Demographics
Transportation
Prominent Peoples
References

==Demographics== India census, Thakkolam had a population of 11,919. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Thakkolam has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 58%. In Thakkolam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thakkolam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Available in 12 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0