Administrative set –up :

Thanjavur District consist of Three Revenue Divisions viz, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Pattukottai, Ten Taluks viz, Thanjavur, Budalur, Thiruvaiyaru, Papanasam, Kumbakonam, Thiruvidaimarudur, Orathanadu, Pattukottai,Peravurani and Thiruvonam Thanjavur District has 50 Firkas, 906 Revenue villages.
The District has fourteen blocks viz, Ammapettai, Budalur. Kumbakonam, Madukkur, Orathanadu, Papanasam, Pattukottai, Peravurani, Sethubavachatram, Thanjavur, Thirupananthal, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvidaimarudur and Thiruvonam. The District has 589 Panchayat villages. The District has Two Corporation, 2 Municipalities and 22 Town panchayats.