Kayalpattinam is a Municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Thoothukudi district

Thoothukudi District

Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters. It is also known for Pearl cultivation with abundance of pearls found in the seas of Thoothukudi...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

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Geography

Kayalpattinam is located at 8.57°N 78.12°E. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Kayalpattinam had a population of 32,672. Males constitute 46% of the population and females 54%. Kayalpattinam has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 78%. In Kayalpattinam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Most of the Kayalpattinam people follow shadhiliyya (Fassiyatush shazuli) Faasiyatush shadhiliya Tariqa and the HQ of this tariqa in Tamil Nadu zawiyatul fassiyatush shadhiliya is located here. Kayalpattinam people also follow Qaadiriyya sufi order also and HQ of this thareeqa available at Mahlara located here.

Maqbara

Maqbara

The Arabic word Maqbara is derived from the word Qabr, which means grave. Though maqbara refers to the graves of all Muslims, it refers especially to the graves of religious figures or Waliyullahs who dedicated their life to Islam, striving to be true Muslims and training others to follow Islam...

 of Hazrat Kazi Syed Alauddin brother of Hazrat Kazi Syed Tajuddin the fore father of Madurai Maqbara

Madurai Maqbara

Madurai Maqbara refers to the Dargahs of three Sufi saints: Mir Ahmad Ibrahim, Mir Amjad Ibrahim, and Abdus Salaam Ibrahim.The Arabic word "Maqbara", which means mausoleum, is derived from the word "qabr", which means grave...

Hazrat's is located here.