Keelakolathur

Keelakolathur
village
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Ariyalur
Population (2001)
  Total 3,135
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration TN-
Coastline 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Sex ratio 1030 /
Literacy 63.03%

Keelakolathur is a village in the Ariyalur taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Jallikattu (an event similar to bull fight) is conducted here during the Thaipoosam festival season, which occurs during the end of January . Many people from in and around Tamil Nadu state come here during this festival to visit the Jallikattu.

Agriculture

As a part of Kaveri river passes the water to the village, people store the rain waters in lakes and ponds, which is helpful during the summer. People use the borewell water for irrigation and drinking. Agriculture is carried out in vast areas around this place. Rice, sugar cane, peanuts,sunflower and plantains are the major crops.

Climate is moderate with no extremes.There is frequent bus service from Thanjavur and Ariyalur. It has one Post office and few provisional stores to fulfil the peoples daily needs. There is some yearly festival like Amman Thiruvizha, Theemithi Thiruvizha(fire walikng) and Pongal.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Keelakolathur had a total population of 3135 with 1544 males and 1591 females.[1]

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