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The municipality of Pattukkottai was constituted on April 1, 1965 covering an area of 21.83 sq. kilometres. Pattukkottai was upgraded to a second-grade municipality on April 1, 1975 and a first-grade municipality on April 7, 1984. Presently, it is a selection-grade municipality and consists of 33 wards. The municipality is sub-divided into five revenue villages - Nadiyambal Puram, Kailasanathapuram, Maharajasamudram, Rengojiyappa Thottam and Pappaveli Palayamkottai.
Water supply and waste management are handled by the municipality. The town gets an average of 7.65 million litres of water everyday from the Sathankadu head works pumped from 3 pumping stations. There are a total of 32 kilometres of drains in the town. Pattukkottai has a total of 63 kilometres of metalled roads, 9.5 kilometres of cemented roads and 0,1 kilometre of unsurfaced roads. The municipality maintains 5 parks, 5 shopping complexes and a daily market.
Pattukkottai is a MLA constituency and has been a part of the Thanjavur parliamentary constituency from 2009. Prior to that, it fell within the Pudukkottai constituency. As per the latest draft electoral rolls released by the election commission, the Pattukottai assembly segment comprises 1,77,798 voters (85,476 male and 83,902 female). Besides Pattukkottai Municipality, the Assembly segment includes Madukkur Town Panchayat, Adirampattinam Town Panchayat and a number of villages.
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