Marthandam
Marthandam is a major trade centre in Kuzhithurai municipality across State Highway in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, 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 Tamil Nadu on 1 November 1956.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Marthandam CSI Church
Church
Photo: Jupitus Smart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marthandam CSI Church 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.
Kuzhithura railway station
Railway station
Photo: Edwardjeni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kuzhithurai railway station is the second-biggest station in Kanyakumari district. For train transportation the Marthandam is the main hub for Kalkulam and Vilavancode talukas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuzhithurai and Kappukad.
Kuzhithurai
Town
Kuzhithurai is a town and municipality in Kanyakumari District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Vilavancode Taluk.
Kappukad
Village
Kappukad/Kappukadu is an ancient village in southern Tamil Nadu 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. Kappukad is situated 2½ km southwest of Marthandam.
Thirunattalam
Village
Thirunattalam, also called Nattalam, is a Panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is located 4 km from Marthandam, 6 km from Karungal and 10 km from Thuckalay. Thirunattalam is situated 3½ km southeast of Marthandam.
Marthandam
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vilavancode, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.3065° or 8° 18′ 23″ northLongitude
77.22231° or 77° 13′ 20″ eastPopulation
20,900Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
6JWV864C+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 334644583OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11185837Wikidata ID
Q6774641
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Marthandam” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Marthandam”
- Hindi: “मारताण्डम”
- Irish: “Marthandam”
- Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ತಾಂಡಂ”
- Malayalam: “മാർത്താണ്ഡം”
- Tamil: “மார்த்தாண்டம்”
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