Umayalpuram is a village in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

As per the 2001 census, Umayalpuram had a population of 4697, including 2383 males and 2314 females for a sex ratio of 971. The literacy rate was 76.72.

This village is on the Kumbakonam to Thiruvaiyaru route. It is 12 km from Kumbakonam. It is located near the Cauvery river. Umayalpuram is a plain in the Cauvery delta. Several endemic birds are found there. Peafowls, Ashy Prinia, Tawny flanked prinia, red-vented Bulbul, white browed Bulbul, oriental Magpie Robin, Bushchat, munia, mynah etc., are found there.

The major crops are rice, sugar cane, cotton, and banana.

The village hosts a high school, which is more than 120 years old, Bharathy nursery and primary school, and a Government primary school.

• Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, a mridangam player, was born in the village.
• Sri Sridhar Vembu, founder of ZOHO Corporation, a software company, was also born in this village.

• "Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009.

10°57′12″N 79°16′42″E / 10.9534°N 79.2784°E / 10.9534; 79.2784