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| name = Thiruvakkarai village
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| other_name = Tiruvakkarai
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| image_skyline = Fossil Inside the park.jpg

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| population_total = 3,220
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[[File:Tiruvakkarai fossils.jpg|thumb|Map of the region and cross section described by [[Henry Francis Blanford|H. F. Blanford]] in 1858]]

'''Thiruvakkarai''' (also spelled as '''Tiruvakkarai''') is a village in the [[Vanur taluk]] of [[Viluppuram district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Situated on the periphery of [[Auroville]] global township, it is the home of [[National Fossil Wood Park, Thiruvakkarai|National Fossil Wood Park]] and [[Chandramouleeswar temple, Thiruvakkarai|Chandramouleeswar temple]].<ref name=tr2>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vck-candidate-vows-to-put-vanur-on-tourism-map/article8588308.ece VCK candidate vows to put Vanur on tourism map, The Hindu newspaper, 12-May-2016]</ref><ref name=tr3>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/these-trees-speak-but-not-many-hear/article6632592.ece These trees speak, but not many hear, The Hindu newspaper, 2-Nov-2014]</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 3220. There were 986 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 68.73. Child population in the age group below 6 was 11,028 Males and 10,647 Females.<ref name=tr1>[https://villageinfo.in/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/vanur/tiruvaikkarai.html Thiruvakkarai village ino]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Auroville]]
* [[National Fossil Wood Park, Thiruvakkarai|National Fossil Wood Park]]
* [[Chandramouleeswar temple, Thiruvakkarai|Chandramouleeswar temple]].

==References==
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{{Viluppuram district}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Villages in Viluppuram district]]

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