Chidambaram

Chidambaram mandal in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, comprises 123 revenue villages organized under 88 gram panchayats. According to Census 2011, the mandal had a population of 159,818 across 40,052 households, with a literacy rate of 72.5% and a sex ratio of 996. The workforce included 74,496 workers, of whom 5,739 were cultivators and 18,241 were agricultural labourers. As of the Jal Jeevan Mission survey, 77.3% of households had access to tap water.