Thakkalai

Thuckalay or Thakkalai is a town in of , . Thuckalay comes under the Municipality, and is the administrative headquarters of Kalkulam Taluk.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Thuckalay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Padmanabhapuram Palace and St. Mary’s Church, Thiruvithamcode.

Museum
Photo: Shishirdasika, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Kalkulam Palace, is a Travancore-era palace located in in the of the state of .

Church
Photo: Davidj233, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Thiruvithamkode, also called Thiruvithamcode Arappally or Thomayar Kovil, is a church located in in Kanyakumari District, state in India.

Fort
Photo: Sugeesh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km east of Thakkalai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvithamcode.

Village
Photo: Prof. Mohamed Shareef, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town near Thuckalay in in the of . As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342. was the capital of Travancore state in the past.

Village
, is a small panchayat town located in the of the state of . is about 20 km from and 2 km from Thuckalay.

Village
is a small village in the Indian state of . It is a suburb of , about 3 kilometres southeast of Thuckalay on the Trivandrum-Nagercoil Highway.

Thakkalai

Latitude
8.24724° or 8° 14′ 50″ north
Longitude
77.31498° or 77° 18′ 54″ east
Open location code
6JWV68W7+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 353002000
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q3534438
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Thakkalai” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Thuckalay”
  • Hindi: “तक्कलई”
  • Irish: “Thuckalay”
  • Malayalam: “Thuckalay”
  • Malayalam: “തക്കല”
  • Tamil: “தக்கலை”

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Explore places such as Paraicodu and Kalkurichi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Peer Mohammed Appa Dargha and Padhmanabapuram Government Hospital.

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