Kodiyankulam

Coordinates: 8°50′32″N 77°49′54″E / 8.842260°N 77.831560°E / 8.842260; 77.831560
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Kodiyankulam
கொடியங்குளம்
Village
Kodiyankulam is located in Tamil Nadu
Kodiyankulam
Kodiyankulam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°50′32″N 77°49′54″E / 8.842260°N 77.831560°E / 8.842260; 77.831560
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictThoothukudi
TalukOttapidaram
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
628303

Kodiyankulam is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located at a distance of 11 km from Tiruvaikuntam, 21 km from Tirunelveli, 43 km from Thoothukudi, 77 km from Tenkasi and 147 km from Madurai.

Demographics[edit]

  • Kodiyankulam had a population of 3,146 as per the 2011 Census,[1] out of which 1514 are males while 1632 are females in the town.
  • Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 272 which is 8.65% of total population of the town.
  • The female sex ratio is of 1078 against the Tamil Nadu state average of 996.
  • The Literacy rate of the town is 78.8% against the state average of 80.09%. The male literacy is around 83.49% while female literacy rate is 74.45% .
  • The Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes about 74.83% of the population in the town.

In popular media[edit]

The storyline of the movie Karnan (2021 film) is loosely influenced by 1995 Kodiyankulam violence happened at the village.[2]

Politics[edit]

It is part of Ottapidaram Assembly constituency, which comes under the Thoothukkudi Parliamentary constituency.

See Also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kodiyankulam Population Census 2011". Population Census. Chennai. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Karnan movie review: Dhanush's film is a powerful, bold portrait of caste-based riots and police brutality". Hindustan Times. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.