Palayamkottai Central Prison
Palayamkottai Central Prison is located in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District, India. The prison was built during 1880 and was operating as a district jail until 1929.- Type: Prison
- Description: geographical Location and History
- Also known as: “Palayamkottai central prison”
- Postal code: 627002
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palayankottai railway station and Tirunelveli Medical College.
Palayankottai railway station
Railway station
Photo: Vishwa Sundar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palayankottai railway station is situated 520 metres northeast of Palayamkottai Central Prison.
Tirunelveli Medical College
College
Photo: Pon Malar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tirunelveli Medical College, also known as TVMC, is a public medical institution in south India, located in the city of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Tirunelveli Medical College is situated 2½ km east of Palayamkottai Central Prison.
Tirunelveli Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Theni.M.Subramani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tirunelveli Junction railway station is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the city of Tirunelveli, located in Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tirunelveli Junction railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Palayamkottai Central Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palayamkottai and Melapalayam.
Palayamkottai
Suburb
Photo: Kingstonberyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palayamkottai is a neighbourhood in Tirunelveli City, incorporated within the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation. It is situated on the east bank of the Thamirabarani river, with the exception of its downtown area, which is present on the west bank.
Melapalayam
Suburb
Melapalayam is a neighborhood of Tirunelveli City in Tamil Nadu, India situated on the east bank of the Thamirabarani River. The neighborhood's name comes from its location west of Palayamkottai.
Thalaiyuthu
Town
Sankar Nagar or Thalaiyuthu is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located about 8 km north of Tirunelveli on the way to Madurai on highway NH 44. Thalaiyuthu is situated 9 km north of Palayamkottai Central Prison.
Palayamkottai Central Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Far Southern Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.70775° or 8° 42′ 28″ northLongitude
77.73252° or 77° 43′ 57″ eastOpen location code
6JWVPP5M+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 870846896OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q7126959
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Tamil—“Palayamkottai Central Prison” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بالايامكوتاى المركزى”
- Japanese: “パラヤムコッタイ中央刑務所”
- Japanese: “パラヤムコッタイ中央監獄”
- Tamil: “பாளையங்கோட்டை மத்திய சிறைச்சாலை”
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