Kaliyakkavilai
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Kaliakkavilai | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 8°19′22″N 77°09′14″E / 8.32278°N 77.15389°E | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Kanyakumari |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 13,307 |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
• Minority | Malayalam |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TN-75 |
Kaliakkavilai is a town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It lies on the Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari National highway 47.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Kaliakkavilai had a population of 13,307. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kaliakkavilai has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 74%. In Kaliakkavilai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
[edit]- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.