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Kanyakumari district's Date of Birth : 1-11-1956
(Separated
from Travancore -Cochin and joined with Tamil nadu)
Area : 1,684 sq. Km
Forest areas : 446.5 sq. Km.
Sea shore areas : 68 Km.
West Seashore : 62 Km.
East Seashore : 6 Km.
Population : 10,00,340 (1991
census)
Male : 8,03,830
Female : 7,96,510
District's Head Quarters : Nagercoil
Population
:
(Male Female
Revenue Divisions : 2 (Nagercoil & Padmanabapuram)
Revenue Taluks : 4
(a) Agastheeswaram
(b) Kalkulam
(c) Thovalai
(d) Villavancode
Panchayat Unions : 9
(a) Agastheeswaram
(b) Rajakkamangalam
(c) Thovalai
(d) Kurundhancode
(e) Tuckalai
(f ) Thiruvattar
(g) Killiyoor
(h) Munchirai
(i ) Melpuram
Municipal Unions : 4
(a) Nagercoil
(b) Padmanabapuram
(c) Colachal
(d) Kuzhithurai
Revenue Firkas : 18
Revenue Villages : 81
Sea port : 1 Colachal
Nearest Airport : Trivandrum
Parlimentary constituency
: 1 (
Nagercoil )
Assembly constituency
: 7 (
Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Thiruvattar,
Colachel, Killiyoor, Vilavancode)
Dams : Pechiparai,
Perunchani, Chittar1, Chittar2
Watter supply dam : Mukkadal
Electric power : Kothayar
Post offices : 250
Bank branches : 135
