Kolathur, Tamilnadu
Kolathur is a town in Salem district of Tamilnadu and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block and Panchayat Samiti of Salem district.
As on November 2024, the current population of Kolathur is 13.7 thousands out of which 7 thousands are males and rest 6.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 957 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.1 thousands teenagers in Kolathur. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 9.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 3.1 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.2 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 3.7 thousands households in Kolathur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 6 thousands.
These 1 villages comes under Kolathur Nagar Panchayat.
Schools
Kolathur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- St.Mary's Hr. Secondary School, Mettur Dam
- St.Mary's Matric Hr.Secondary School, Mettur
- Nirmala Hr. Secondary School, Kolathur
- M.A.M.Matric Hr.Secondary School, Mathaiyankuttai
- G.V. Hr.Secondary School, Masilapalayam
Kolathur Panchayat Samiti
S.Bhuvaneshwari Saravankumar is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Kolathur, who can be contacted at email address bhuvanasaro1984@gmail.com and mobile number 86084xxx84. The Block landline number is 04298-25**29. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Srinivasan, who can be reached at email address kolathurblock@gmail.com and mobile number 99943xxx74. The Block address is Block Development Office, Kolathur, Pincode - 636303. You can reach there by taking a bus till Union Office Stop bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are ten computers, ten printers and one scanner available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Kolathur Panchayat Samiti consists of total 14 Gram Panchayat.