Kottakulam is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district

Tirunelveli District

Tirunelveli District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. A unique feature of this district is that it encompasses all five geographical traditions of Tamil Literature; kurinji , mullai , marudham , neithal and palai...

 in the Indian 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...

. Kottakulam is aka Sumaitheernthapuram.

Geography

Kottakulam is located at 8.966111°N 77.272778°E. It is located next to Ilanji

Ilanji

Ilanji is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is located between the towns Tenkasi and Shencottah.Ilanji is famous for its pots manufacturing.-Demographics:...

. It is located 4 km away from the main town Tenkasi

Tenkasi

Tenkasi pronounced as is a town and a municipality in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in the foothills of the Western Ghats near the Courtallam Waterfalls.Tenkasi is also famous for saaral...

 and also 3 km from the most beautiful Coutrallam falls.Kollam to Madurai National Highway 208 travels across this village. It is also bounded by two lake, West Kottakulam lake (Tamil : மேலக்குளம்) and East Kottakulam Lake (Tamil : கீழக்குளம்) and by a river, Kundaru (Tamil : குண்டாறு) (Vadakkaru).

Sites

R.C Church and Shithaai Amman Kovil (Tamil :சிற்றாற்றுவீரியம்மன் கோவில்) are important places in this village. Shithaai Amman Kovil (Tamil :சிற்றாற்றுவீரியம்மன் கோவில்) is located in center covered by beautiful farms from all sides. The other temples including Amman kovil, Essaki Amman kovil (Tamil :இசக்கியம்மன் கோவில்) and Sudarvozhi Devan Temple.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Kottakulam had a population of 3600. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.