Paravathur is a village in the Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

As per the 2001 census, Paravathur had a total population of 599 with 290 males and 309 females. The literacy rate was 70.81.

• "Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009.