Ottapidaram is a small town in

Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi District is one of the List of districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of Tamil Nadu States and territories of India, state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Tuticori ...

and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk. Ottapidaram is a tourism centre with accessibility to many places in Tamil Nadu.

Thoothukudi Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the capital an ...

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tam ...

can be easily accessed from anywhere and Ottapidaram is very close to these two places. The great freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai called VOC hails from Ottapidaram. VOC is also called as "Kappalottiya Tamizhan" because he launched one of the first shipping companies, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company which operated ship between Tuticorin and

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

against the British during the rule in India.

Geography

Ottapidaram is located at . Distances from nearby towns: Kovilpatti : 36 km.

: 32 km. Vilathukulam : 53 km.

Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...

: 131 km.

: 56 km.

Demographics

As of 2011, total population of Ottapidaram taluka is 1.2 lakh includes about 63 villages. The population of Ottapidaram city is 7963. Male and female population constitutes equal proportion (i.e.: 50%). There are about 33 thousand households in the Ottapidaram taluka and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Education

Ottapidaram has two schools: V. O. C. Government Higher Secondary School and T. M. B. Mcavoy Rural Higher Secondary School.

Tourism and entertainment

The main attractions in Ottapidaram are * The house of V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, converted to a library which houses some rare photographs of him * Temple dedicated to the goddess Ulagamman Panchalankurichi, from Ottapidaram, houses a fort constructed by the Tamil Nadu government in the place of the ruined fort constructed by Veerapandiya Kattabomman, who ruled from this place in the 17th century and fought against the British colonial rule. Portions of the original fort can be seen. Kattabomman worshiped at the Jakkammal temple in Panchalankurichi, which also survives.

Transport

Roadways: The city is connected with nearby towns like Kovilpatti,

, Maniyachi and district headquarters,

by the government and private bus services. Railways:

Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station is a junction railway station in Maniyachchi of Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Services from north of the station pass through the station to proceed southwards to Tirunelvel ...

south-east about 16 km, the railway junction connecting

and

. The railways will connect in 45 minutes of the journey to each of the corporation cities. (Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi) Southern railways is planning to lay double line for smooth movement of trains from Villupuram to

and the other phase from "

" to

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland I ...

, since long years.... Airways: The nearest domestic airport is Tuticorin Airport located at

Vagaikulam Vagaikulam is a small village in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is in between the cities Tirunelveli and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The distance from Tirunelveli is approximately 28 km, and from Tuticorin is 22 km. Airpo ...

about 26 km away from Ottapidaram.

Economy

The people here are mostly farmers and allied business people. The main agricultural plantations cultivate banana, rice, sugarcane,

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(pachchai payaru or paasi payaru or payirtham payaru (Tamil),

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(uḷundhu), cotton, Chili pepper and sesame.

Villages in Ottapidaram Taulka

*Ottappidaram *

Tharuvaikulam Tharuvaikulam is a village in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu in southern India. There are about 3,000, mostly Catholic, families living there. It falls under the Roman Catholic diocese of Thoothukudi and the feast of St.Michael is a popula ...

* Panchalankurichi *Sillangulam *Passuvandanai *Eppodumvendran *Kulasekaranallur *Ackanaickenpatti *Veppalodai *Swaminatham *Sinthalakottai *Marudanvalvoonaraikinar *Savarimangalam *Keela Arasadi *Adanur *Ottanatham *Kila Mudiman *Jambulingapuram *Parivallikkottai *Keela Mangalam *Mela Arasadi *Chandragiri *Keelakottai *Pudur pandiyapuram *Onamakulam *Kalappaipatti *S.Kumarapuram *Kattunayakkanpatti *Sillanatham *Thennampatti *Therkuveerapandiyapuram *Vadanatham *Ilavelangal *Vellaram *Malaipatti *Maniyachi *Minakshipuram *Terku Kalmedu *Kollankinaru *Nagampatti *Jagaveerapandiapuram *Kodiyankulam *D.Duraiswamipuram *Kudiraikulam *K.Dalavaipuram *Mela Maruthur *K.Shanmukapuram *Mullur *Muthukumarapuram *Kolamparambu *Pudiyamputhur *Pattanamarudur *Kottali *Melapandiyapuram *Araikkulam *P.Duraiswamipuram *Muramban *Govindapuram *Kumara Ettaiyapuram *Valasamuthram *Sangampatti *Venkateswarapuram *Paraikuttam *Muthuramalingapuram

References

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Cities and towns in Thoothukudi district