Kottaikkadu is a small village in

Tuticorin district The Thoothukkudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. On 20 October 1986, an M. G. Ramachandran-led government bifurcated the Tirunelveli district to form the district. It is shared by its boundaries wi ...

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), belongs to Srivaikundam Taluk and Siruthonda Nallore panchayat.

Etymology

All four sides of the village are bounded by forest, so the village is named as Kottai Kadu. In Tamil, ''Kottai'' means "Fort" and ''Kadu'' means "Forest". * Nearest Town : Eral, Tuticorin * Nearest Railway Station: Tuticorin / Kurumbur / Tirunelveli / Tiruchendur * Nearest Airport: Tuticorin / Madurai / Trivandrum * STD Code: +91-4630

Village economy

Total number of houses are 180 and population is more than 800, with 56% of Male and 44% of female. It is primarily an agricultural village. Mainly they are farming Rice, Banana and Coconut. It is an ever green village, at least one cow is in every family. All houses are electrified and own a television. There runs a small river so there is no shortage of water in this village.

Education

All people have completed their primary education. Nowadays, all people have completed their 8th standard. A primary school is there, around 90 students (also from the nearby villages) are learning their primary education at this school. For higher education, they are going to various places like

Eral Eral is a town in the Tuticorin district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; ...

(2 km),

Sawyerpuram Sawyerpuram is a town '' panchayat'' in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu, India. Microliths are found in large in numbers around Sawyerpuram (and additionally in Kulattur, Tirunelveli). They were found embedded in the fossil-bearing sand dune ...

(6 km), Panikkanadarkudiyiruppu (8 km). Around 20 persons have completed their graduation in engineering and 5 persons have completed their graduation in medicine. Every year at least 4 students are getting graduation in various disciplines of arts and science. Others went to different countries for their higher studies and job opportunities.

References

Villages in Thoothukudi district {{Thoothukudi-geo-stub