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Kummankudi

Village in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ6443964 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kummankudi is a village in the Arimalam revenue block of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Kummankudi had a total population of

3863 with 1841 males and 2022 females. Out of the total

population 1862 people were literate.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kummankudi” as village in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kummankudi, Village and Pudukkottai.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 1841, 2022, 1862—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kummankudi, Village and Pudukkottai providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kummankudi”, the useful work is to connect “village in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6443964. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2001, 1841, 2022 and 1862.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kummankudi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kummankudi primary sources, Kummankudi archive and Kummankudi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kummankudi”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kummankudi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.