Kalkulam

Kalkulam
village
Kalkulam Location in Tamil Nadu, India Kalkulam Kalkulam (India)
Coordinates:8.183°N 77.315°E/8.183; 77.315
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanyakumari
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• Minority	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
Nearest city	Nagercoil

Kalkulamis a small village located in Kalkulam taluk,Kanyakumari district,Tamil Nadu,India.The taluk was among several inThiruvananthapuramdistrict that with the passage of theStates Reorganisation Act of 1956were transferred fromThiruvananthapuramdistrict,Travancore-CochinState to the newly createdKanyakumaridistrict ofMadras State(the latter later renamed asTamil NaduState).

History

Boundary

Kalkulam Talukwas part of thePrincely stateTravancore Kingdom;the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State. Part of The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 aligned state boundaries on linguistic affiliations. Thovalai, Kalkulam,Vilavancode,andAgastheeswaramTaluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram District of the Travancore-Cochin State to Kanyakumari district, Madras State. Madras was later renamed as Tamil Nadu).

Demographics

Religions in Kalkulam Taluka
Religion			Percent
Christians			32.17%
Hindus			65.72%
Muslims			4.81%
Others			0.29%

As per the 2001 census, Kalkulam had a total population of 6,509 with 3,121 males and 3,388 females. The literacy rate was 83.55.

Religious importance

One of the temples ofShivalaya ottamis at Kalkulam.

Education

Amala Convent is an old institution which is administrated by a local church. Devi Matriculation School is located near to the Thuckalay bus stand. Hindu Vidyalaya is near Kollen Villai.Noorul Islam College of Engineeringis the nearest engineering college, and is located at Kumarakoil, approximately 4 km from Thuckalay.

Tourism

ThePadmanabhapuram Palaceis located 1 km from Thuckalay Town. The palace is built in the Travancore architectural style, containing 17th and 18th century murals, and underground passages.

The Dutch commanderEustachius De Lannoywas buried in a nearby place calledUdayagiri Fort.

See also

• Poliyoorkurchy