Pappakudi block is a revenue block in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 15 panchayat villages. Pappakudi town located in the banks of Thamirabarani river. Pappakudi is a taluk.
Tirunelveli district is a district of Tamil Nadu state in South India. It is the largest district in terms of area with Tirunelveli as its headquarters. Tirunelveli District was formed on 1 September 1790 by the British East India Company, and comprised the present Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts and parts of Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,077,233.
Tamil Nadu, formerly Madras State, is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
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The Indian village Pappakudi is located in the taluk of Pappakudi, district of Tirunelveli, in the State of Tamil Nadu.
About Pappakudi
Pappakudi is a small town in Pappakudi Taluk in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It is located 21 km towards west from District Headquarters Tirunelveli. It is a taluk headquarters. Rengasamudram ( 2 km), Athalanallur (3 km), Sengulam (4 km), North Ariyanayagipuram (5 km), Vellanguli (6 km) are the nearby villages to Pappakudi. Pappakudi is surrounded by Ambasamudram Taluk towards west, Cheranmahadevi Taluk towards east, Vikramasingapuram Taluk towards west, Alangulam Taluk towards north. Vikramasingapuram, Tirunelveli, Surandai, Tenkasi are the nearby Cities to Pappakudi Demographics of Pappakudi. Tamil is the local language here.
Location details
- Taluk Name : Pappakudi
- District : Tirunelveli
- State : Tamil Nadu
- Language : Tamil and Malayalam, Sauraastra, English, Telugu and Hindi
- Time zone: IST (UTC+5:30)
- Elevation / Altitude: 65 meters. Above Sea level
- Telephone Code / Std Code: 04634.
Nearby railway stations
- Ambasamudram- 8 km
- Kallidaikurichi- 8 km
- Charanmahadevi- 10 km
Places to visit
- Tirunelveli- 21 km
- Courtallam- 36 km
- Ponmudi- 47 km
- Thenmala- 59 km
- Trivandrum- 74 km
Pappakudi Nearby Places
A few nearby places of Pappakudi are listed below for your reference:
Taluks
- Pappakudi- 0 km
- Ambasamudram- 6 km
- Cheranmahadevi- 11 km
- Alangulam- 16 km
Airports
- Tuticorin Airport- 65 km
- Trivandrum International Airport- 78 km
- Madurai Airport- 154 km
- Kochi Airport- 222 km
District headquarters
- Tirunelveli- 21 km
- Thiruvananthapuram- 73 km
- Tuticorin- 79 km
- Kanniyakumari- 80 km.
Pappakudi population
- Total population: 26,651
- Households: 11,855
Population by sex
- Males: 13,427
- Females: 13,224
- Children: 679
- Pappakudi village code is 1608500.
Villages in Pappakudi
Haripuram, Ilanthai Kulam, Indranagar, Keela Pappakudi, Nanthanthattai, Pudugramam, Rasthavoor, Gandhinagar, Kumarasamy puram, Mela Pappakudi, Paruthivaikulam, Thulukka patty, Kasi Dharmam, Sivakamipuram, Idaikal.
- Latitude: 8.750010;
- Longitude : 77.507566.
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