About Adiramapattinam

Adiramapattinam is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2007 India census, Adiramapattinam had a population of 90000. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Adiramapattinam has an average literacy rate of 90%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 53% of the males and 47% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Education: required authentic information. There are historical evidences that Arab traders from Egypt landed at the port of Korkai (the present Kayalpattinam) in the Pandia Kingdom of Tamilnadu way back in the year 1120 A.D. These traders married the local Tamil ladies and thus Tamil speaking, Muslim community emerged. This community migrated to Kilakarai in Ramanathapuram District and Adirampattinam as it is evident from the socio cultural similarities of these three places. The first migrant from Kayalpattinam to Adirampattinam in A.D. 1180 was a wealthy Dhahla Maraikayar, who...