# Pothanur

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| subdivision_name2       = [Namakkal](/source/Namakkal_district)
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'''Pothanur''' is a [panchayat town](/source/panchayat_town) in [Namakkal district](/source/Namakkal_district) in the [India](/source/India)n [state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) of [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu). It is almost a twin town of Velur, the biggest town in Paramathi-Velur taluk since too close to it.

==Demographics==

{{As of|2001}} India [census](/source/census),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns  (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Pothanur had a population of 13,967. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pothanur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 62%. In Pothanur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. 

==Education==

Pothanur having one Government Higher Secondary School, two elementary school, one middle school and one college i.e.,Kandaswami kandar'college affiliated to Periyar University.

==References==
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Category:Cities and towns in Namakkal district

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http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5748-paramathi-velur-namakkal-tamil-nadu.html

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