According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Uthukkottai had a population of 149,991 with 74,079 males and 75,912 females. There were 1025 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 62.34. Child population in the age group below 6 was 7,803 Males and 7,581 Females.[1]
Gangaikonda cholapuram temple, a UNESCO site inGangaikonda cholapuram is nearly 2 km from the taluk[2] about 2 km from the town of Uthukkottai, has the only "Sayana Sivan" (sleeping Siva), which is called 'Pallikondeswarar.
Uthukkottai Taluk has one town, thepanchayat town of Uthukkottai, and eighty-eight villages. At the 2011 census, three of the villages had populations over 5000:Pennalurpet,Periyapalayam, andVadamadurai. The villages are:[3]