Marthandam

Marthandam is a major trade centre in Kuzhithurai municipality across State Highway in the of , India. Marthandam comes under the kuzhithurai Municipality, also known as Thoduvetty, it was a portion of Kanyakumari district which was added to the state of on 1 November 1956.
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  • Type: Town with 20,900 residents
  • Description: Village in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Killiyoor” and “Thoduvetty”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marthandam CSI Church and Kuzhithura railway station.

Church
Photo: Jupitus Smart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the largest district churches in the Kanyakumari diocese in India. It has the privilege of being the center of various services connected with the Diocese, such as schools, colleges, hospitals, an embroidery industry, a book depot, a press and also a shopping complex.

Railway station
Photo: Belgin Raj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kuzhithurai railway station is the second-biggest station in . For train transportation the Marthandam is the main hub for Kalkulam and Vilavancode talukas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuzhithurai and Kappukad.

Town
is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of . It is the administrative headquarters of the Vilavancode Taluk. It is located 26 km north of the city and 42 km south of Kerala's capital city .

Village
Kappukad/Kappukadu is an ancient village in southern in Kanyakumari District in Southern India. The village is also known as Kappiyankadu due to the belief that the ancient Tamil poet Tholkappiyar, the disciple of Agasthya, was born 1 May in the Tamil month of Chitirai on a pournami day in 865 BC. is situated 2½ km southwest of Marthandam.

Village
, also called Nattalam, is a Panchayat town in in the State of . It is located 4 km from Marthandam, 6 km from and 10 km from Thuckalay. is situated 3½ km southeast of Marthandam.

Marthandam

Latitude
8.3065° or 8° 18′ 23″ north
Longitude
77.22231° or 77° 13′ 20″ east
Population
20,900
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
6JWV864C+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 334644583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11185837
Wiki­data ID
Q6774641
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Marthandam” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Marthandam”
  • Hindi: “मारताण्डम”
  • Irish: “Marthandam”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ತಾಂಡಂ”
  • Malayalam: “മാർത്താണ്ഡം”
  • Tamil: “மார்த்தாண்டம்”
  • Urdu: “مارتھانڈم”

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