In 2001 census,
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Thanjavur had populace of 22,16,138, wherein Male and Female had been
10,96,638 and 11,19,500 respectively. The descendants of
Marathi administrators, soldiers, and noblemen who migrated to Tamil
Nadu throughout the guideline of thumb of the Thanjavur Maratha nation nonetheless are living in
a few elements of Thanjavur and so the district has a full-size populace of
Marathi talking human beings. The western a part of the district is rain-fed. The fundamental vegetation
cultivated in Thanjavur district are paddy, pulses, gingelly, groundnut and
sugarcane. The offerings rendered with the aid of using the
Agricultural Research Station at Aduthurai, Water use management
Research station at Kattuthottam, and Coconut Research station in
Pattukkottai are very vital, mainly for the development of paddy
cultivation withinside the district. The Co-operative Societies for
milk are functioning in any respect elements of the District. Danish agreement changed into
installed at Tranquebar in 1620, throughout the reign the of Nayak king
Ragunatha ensuing withinside the decline of the Vijayanagar Empire. Thanjavur is well-known for its conventional handicrafts and industrial
clusters worried withinside the manufacturing of Thanjavur plates & Arts, Thanjavur
brass articles, coir products, silk weaving handloom, icon and artwork plate
works are placed in Thanjavur, Nachairkoil, Ammapettai,Swamimalai,
Korkai, Kumbakonam, Pattukkottai, Tirubhuvanam, and Budhalur. Due to the vagaries of nature,
agricultural zone of the district is experiencing a excessive diploma of chance and
these days human beings have grew to become toward for a greater solid and continuous
employment and extra income. SWMRI – TNAU Institution, Thanjavur
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