Papanasam taluk is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Papanasam.
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Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Papanasam had a population of 272,871 with 133,814 males and 139,057 females. This was an increase of 07% from the 2001 total of 255,093. There were 1039 women for every 1000 men, up from 1027 per 1000 males in 2001. The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.72, up from 72.48% in 2001. Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,410 males and 12,682 females.
Towns and villages
There are two panchayat towns in the taluk, Ayyampettai and the administrative headquarters, Papanasam. In 2011, there were thirty-four listed panchayat villages in Papanasam taluk, which have superintending control over more than seventy other villages. Tamil Nadu lists 120 revenue villages in Papanasam tauk.