Uthiramerur is a panchayat town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

[citation needed] A tenth century inscription states the name of the village as "Uttaramerur Chaturvedi Mangalam".

[6] The earliest surviving inscriptions from Uthiramerur date to the reign of the Pallava king Dantivarman (795-846 CE).

It also assigned some duties to the Ur for managing the land deserted by tenants who could not afford to pay the taxes.

A later inscription, from the reign of Dantivarman's successor Nandivarman III (846-869), describes the qualifications and tenure of archaka (priest) in a local temple.

[6] According to the 921 CE inscription, the village had 30 kudumbus or wards, from which the members of following committees were selected annually:[6][4] The inscription lays down the following qualifications for a nominee:[6] The candidates were selected via Kudavoloi (literally, pot [of] palm leaf [tickets]) system:[6][4] The tenure of a committee member was 360 days.

[4] The Uthiramerur inscriptions indicate that parading on donkey was a punishment for offences such as incest, adultery, theft and forgery.

[6] According to the 2011 census of India, the area administered by the Uthiramerur town panchayat has a population of 25,194, including 12,569 males and 12,625 females.

The Sundaravarada Perumal temple is about 1200 years old, and was built under the reign of the Pallava king Nandivarman II.