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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Pookkollai<br />
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| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = town panchayat<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|39|0|N|79|27|0|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| governing_body = Taluk Council<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 614802<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 04372<br />
| registration_plate = TN 49 Z<br />
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| blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = peravurani<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Thanjavur<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = Thaluk Council<br />
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'''Pookkollai''' is a town in the southern area of [[Thanjavur]], in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is relatively a bigger area in the peravurani represented by two ward presidents in the panchayat body.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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"Poo" in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] means flower. "Kollai" in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] means garden or backyard. It is widely believed that the word Pookkollai came from the fact the flowers for entire of town of Peravurani and nearby villages were supplied from Pookkollai.<br />
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==Importance==<br />
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There are big bore wells deployed in Pookkollai due to higher mineral content and lower salt content in ground water. More than 75% of the water of the entire town is fulfilled by Pookkollai.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} Pookkollai falls under southern area of Peravurani which is the gateway of Peravurani for the nearby villages whose inhabitants primarily control the politics of Peravurani. Most of the politicians dwell in Pookkollai and it makes it a posh area{{Vague|date=December 2009}} having higher real estate values.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}<br />
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==Important Streets==<br />
* Sethu Road<br />
* Bye-pass Road<br />
* Mariyamman kovil Nagar<br />
* Pillaiyar kovil Nagar<br />
* Big Street<br />
* Pookkollai 4road<br />
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==Important Schools==<br />
* Panchayat Union Primary School<br />
* Panchayat Union Kindergarten<br />
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==Banks==<br />
* Indian Overseas Bank<br />
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==Shops==<br />
∗Settu Mutton Stall<br />
∗Rafeek Mutton Stall...[[These two mutton stalls are famous in Peravurani Thaluk]]<br />
∗Tea shops, grocery shops, Flour Milling shops, Cycle shops, Etc.<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Thanjavur district]]</div>->FreeToDisagree