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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Sakkottai<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.93|N|79.4|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| 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 />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kumbakonam taluk|Kumbakonam]]<br />
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| leader_title = Panchayat President<br />
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| population_total = 2889<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 612401<br />
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| area_code = 0435<br />
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'''Sakkottai''' is a neighbourhood of [[Kumbakonam]] Municipal Corporation of [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. The village is famous for the [[Amirthakadeswarar Temple, Sakkottai|Amirthakadeswarar Temple]]. Popular Indian historian S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar and Manimekalai Sukumar Mudaliyar hailed from Sakkottai. In older days it was known as "Savvukottai".<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
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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.<ref name="census2001">{{cite web|title=Primary Census Abstract Data of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806044705/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|archivedate=2009-08-06}}</ref> Sakkottai had a sex ratio of 1,010.<ref name="census2001" /> Sakkottai had a literacy rate of 70.22.<ref name="census2001" /> The male literacy rate was 79.37 while the female literacy rate was 64.66.<ref name="census2001" /> The village had a [[scheduled caste]] population of 790 and a [[scheduled tribe]] population of 4.<ref name="census2001" /><br />
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== Prominent personalities ==<br />
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* [[Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar]]: Indian historian and Dravidologist.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Thanjavur district]]</div>
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