Tharamangalam

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Tharamangalam v • d • e Tamil Nadu • India
District(s)	Salem
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population	22,092 (2001)

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Tharamangalam (தாரமங்கலம்) is a panchayat town in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Tharamangalam had a population of 22,092. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Tharamangalam has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 51%. In Tharamangalam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tharamangalam is famuos also for its beautiful and historic Kailasanathar temple. The exquisite stone carvings of the Yaali ( mythological dragon) having a stone ball inside its mouth- you can put your finger inside and rotate that ball- all made of stone. And then the Manmathan looking at Siva and Parvathi, where if you look from Manmathan's side both Siva and Parvathi are visible and if you look from Parvathi's side, Manmathan is not visible since he is supposed to be hiding from Siva's view. One has to see it to believe it.

	Salem District
Taluk	Attur \| Edapady \| Gangavalli \| Mettur \| Omalur \| Salem \| Sangagiri \| Valapady \| Yercaud
Blocks	Attur \| Ayothiapattinam \| Gangavalli \| Edappadi \| Kadayampatti \| Kolathur \| Konganapuram \| Macdonald s Choultry \| Mecheri \| Nangavalli \| Omalur \| Panaimarathupatti \| Pethanaickenpalayam \| Salem \| Sankari \| Talavasal \| Tharamangalam \| Vazhapadi \| Veerapandi \| Yercaud
Corporation	Salem
Municipality	Attur \| Edappadi \| Mettur \| Narasingapuram
Town Panchayat	Attayampatti \| Ayothiapattinam \| Jalakandapuram \| Kannankurichi \| Kolathur \| Konganapuram \| Mecheri \| Omalur \| P.N.Patti \| Pethanaickenpalayam \| Sankari \| Thammampatti \| Tharamangalam \| Vazhapadi \| Veerakkalpudur \| Belur \| Edaganasalai \| Elampillai \| Ethapur \| Gangavalli \| Kadayampatti \| Karuppur \| Keeripatti \| Mallur \| Panaimarathupatti \| Sentharapatti \| Thedavur \| Thevur \| Veeraganur \| Arasiramani \| Nangavalli \| Poolampatti \| Vanavasi