Colachel
Colachel is a Municipality in the far south of India, located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It is a natural harbor on the Malabar Coast, located 20 km northwest of Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,000 residents
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Kolachal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kurumpanai and Alanchi.
Kurumpanai
Hamlet
Kurumpanai is a small village on the west coastline of Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a two-kilometre-long natural beach along its western shoreline. Kurumpanai is situated 3 km northwest of Colachel.
Alanchi
Village
Alanchi is a small village in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. Alanchi is situated 3 km northwest of Colachel.
Mondaikadu
Mandaikadu is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Colachel
- Category: locality
- Location: Kalkulam, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.17527° or 8° 10′ 31″ northLongitude
77.25192° or 77° 15′ 7″ eastPopulation
1,000Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)United Nations Location Code
IN COLOpen location code
6JWV57G2+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3421197611OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Colachel” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “কোলাচল”
- Cebuano: “Colachel”
- Chinese: “科拉恰尔”
- Dutch: “Colachel”
- Dutch: “Kolachal”
- French: “Kolachal”
- German: “Colachel”
- Hindi: “कोलचेल”
- Italian: “Kolachal”
- Japanese: “コラッチャル”
- Malay: “Kolachal”
- Malayalam: “കുളച്ചൽ”
- Newari: “कोलाचल”
- Portuguese: “Kolachal”
- Spanish: “Colachel”
- Swedish: “Colachel”
- Tamil: “குளச்சல்”
- Tamil: “கொளச்சல்”
- Vietnamese: “Kolachal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vaniyakudi and Palapallam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colachel and Prasadh Hospital.
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