| South Kodikulam | |
|---|---|
| city | |
  South Kodikulam Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 9°39′22″N77°35′41″E / 9.65611°N 77.59472°E Coordinates: 9°39′22″N77°35′41″E / 9.65611°N 77.59472°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Virudhunagar |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 11,975 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
South Kodikulam is a panchayat town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Virudhunagar District is an administrative district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters and the largest city in Virudhunagar district is Rajapalayam. Virudhunagar district was formed by the separation of Old Ramanathapuram District on 1987 into Ramanathapuram District, Sivagangai District and the west part as Virudhunagar District. Virudhunagar District was formerly called Karmavirer Kamarajar District. As of 2011, Virudhunagar district had a population of 2,105,930 with a sex-ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Tamil Nadu 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.
