The Kolathur Town Panchayat has population of 12,748 of which 6,513 are males while 6,235 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

It is also authorized to build roads within the panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

In Kolathur, people visit pannavadi parisal thurai during Sundays for buying fish and also for entertainment.

In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.

The nearby villages are Pannavadi, Moolakadu, Neethipuram, Karungaloor, Periyar nagar Kaveripuram,Thinnappatti, Boomanoor, Elaraimathikaadu,