Sakkottai, Thanjavur district

Sakkottai is a neighbourhood of Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The neighbourhood is famous for the Amirthakadeswarar Temple. Popular Indian historian S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar and Manimekalai Sukumar Mudaliyar hailed from Sakkottai. In older days it was known as "Savvukottai".

Sakkottai
neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 10.93°N 79.4°E / 10.93; 79.4
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Taluk	Kumbakonam
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,889
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	612401
Telephone code	0435

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, Sakkottai had a population of 2,889, of whom 1,437 were males and 1,452 females, 301 of whom were under six years of age.^[1] Sakkottai had a sex ratio of 1,010.^[1] Sakkottai had a literacy rate of 70.22.^[1] The male literacy rate was 79.37 while the female literacy rate was 64.66.^[1] The village had a scheduled caste population of 790 and a scheduled tribe population of 4.^[1]

Prominent personalities

• Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar: Indian historian and Dravidologist.