Vilavancode taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

located in Kanyakumari district,

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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of

Vilavancode Vilavancode, also spelt as Viḷavaṅgōḍu, is a town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu States and territories of India, state, India. It is part of territory among several taluks that were with the Thiruvananthapuram district ...

. The taluk was among several in

Thiruvananthapuram district Thiruvananthapuram District () is the List of districts of Kerala, southernmost district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananth ...

that with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district, Travancore-Cochin State to the newly created

Kanyakumari Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...

district of

Madras State Madras State was a state in the Indian Republic, which was in existence during the mid-20th century as a successor to the Madras Presidency of British India. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was ad ...

(the latter later renamed as

State). The present Tahsildar of Vilavancode is Mr. Abraham Denny

History

Boundary

Vilavancode taluk was part of the Princely state

Travancore Kingdom The kingdom of Travancore (), also known as the kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor () or later as Travancore State, was a kingdom that lasted from until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananth ...

; the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State. Part of The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 aligned state boundaries on linguistic affiliations.

Thovalai Thovalai is a small village located in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. The area is well known in India for its production of flowers, especially jasmine. The taluk was among the four in Thiruvananthapuram district that with the passa ...

Kalkulam Kalkulam is a small village located in Kalkulam taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. The taluk was among several in Thiruvananthapuram district that, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, were transferred from ...

, Vilavancode, and Agastheeswaram taluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district of the Travancore-Cochin state to Kanyakumari district, Madras State. Madras was later renamed as Tamil Nadu).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Vilavancode taluk had a population of 587,924 with 290,860 males and 297,064 females. There were 1021 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 82.43. Child population in the age group below 6 was 27,715 Males and 26,478 Females. According to the 2011 census, Majority of people follow Christianity by 58.45% of population . Hinduism is second largest religion followed by 38.63% of population, Islam By 2.48% Other religions like Jainism,Sikhism ,etc are followed by 0.44%. Most of the Christians are Roman Catholic.

References

{{District of Kanyakumari Taluks of Kanyakumari district