Vattakudi-North is an agricultural village in Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, located in the delta of Cauvery river. Pattukottai is the nearest town, which lies some 10 km to the west. Farming and related activities constitute the core economic drivers of this pastoral village. It comes under Pattukottai legislative constituency and Tanjore Parliament constituency. Vattakudi North is one of the 32 villages of Musugundan Community. Society Like any other typical village in Tamil Nadu country side, majority of the people in Vattakudi-North belong to the farming community and the rest of them play supporting roles. The society is organized mainly on caste lines. Caste plays a vital role in social life and caste determines people's social status irrespective of their economic status. Population According to the latest census done by Government of India, Vattakudi- North has total population of 2672 in 410 households. 1593 Males and 1079 Females. Religion The villagers are mostly Hindus with Muslims and Christians as minorities. Local administration Vattakudi- North is a designated Panchayat. Currently the office of the Leader of the Panchayat is held by MEIYANATHAN VEERASAMY. It is part of the Pattukkottai Assembly constituency with K. Annadurai (DMK) as the MLA. Agriculture and economy Agriculture has been the mainstay of the village economy. Vattakudi- North is situated at the tail end of the new delta region of Cauvery irrigation scheme. This scheme was introduced in this region during the 1930s through Cauvery Mettur Project (CMP) canal and prior to this agriculture was only rainfed. Rice based cropping system was predominant with rice – rice – pulse or groundnut sequence, during Kuruvai, Thaladi and Summer seasons, respectively. In some spots where tank (lake) irrigation possibility was available rice – rice – rice (three rice crops) sequence was also practiced during Kuruvai, Thaladi and Summer seasons, respectively. Irrigated agriculture flourished and brought wealth to the farmers until the late 1970s and early 1980s and afterward due to the interstate dispute on sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the reach of river water to the tail end canals of Vattakudi became uncertain and if at all reaches it is only unseasonal. Therefore, to keep the mainstay profession moving and lack of expertise to go for alternative off farm income generation enterprises farmers of this village have resorted to deep bore wells for irrigation. However, in the absence of proper plans to recharge ground water