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People & Culture
The people are the human resource of the District. Their culture, religion, aptitude,habits,beliefs, talents etc have a bearing on how the district presents itself to others. Tamil andMalayalam are the main languages of this district. Hindus and Christians form a sizeablepercentage of the population of the district and there are a number of Muslims dominated belts inthe district. The caste system in the Society has weakened to a great extent especially afterindependence because of growth of education and improvements in transport andcommunication. Some of the communities in the district are Nadars, Nanjil Nadu Vellalars,Paravas, Mukthavas, Vilakki Thalanayar, Kammalar or Asari, Nairs, Chackarevars, Kerala Mudalisetc. Rice is the staple food of the rich and poor alike in the district. Some among the poorersection also use tapioca. Beverages like tea and coffee are widely spread even in to the ruralarea of the district.
AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC, ST – SEXWISE BY BLOCKS AND MUNICIPALITIES
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Sl.No
Name of the Blocks/Municipalities
Area(sq.km)
Population Literate
Persons
Male
Female
Persons Male
Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Agastheswaram 133.12 148419 73260 75159 118778 60120 58658
2 Rajakkamangalam 120.16 137254 68119 69135 108539 55337 53202
3. Thovalai 369.07 110719 55057 55662 85132 44101 41031
4. Kurunthancode 106.85 165070 81823 83247 126882 64369 62513
5 Thuckalay 130.33 167262 82488 84774 131428 66461 64967
6 Thiruvattar 344.8 161619 80220 81399 122710 62524 60186
7 Killiyoor 82.7 156387 78663 77724 119931 62173 57758
8. Munchiri 72.01 177225 89122 88103 131461 68366 63095
9 Melpuram 271.89 179535 88578 90957 137211 70560 66651
10. Nagercoil Municipality 24.27 208179 102907 105272 175248 88590 86658
11 Padmanabapuram 6.47 20075 9967 10108 16282 8372 7910
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12 Colachel 5.18 23787 11996 11791 18008 9275 8733
13 Kuzhithurai 5.15 20503 10069 10434 16712 8419 8293
Source : AD,Statistics, 2011Statistical Handbook
Sl.No.
Name of theBlocks/Municipalities
Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes
Persons Male Female Persons Male Female1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Agastheswaram 12797 6246 6551 521 247 274
2 Rajakkamangalam 6279 3062 3217 18 10 8
3 Thovalai 12381 6188 6193 690 360 330
4 Kurunthancode 5400 2678 2722 323 166 157
5 Thuckalay 5054 2485 2569 81 36 45
6 Thiruvattar 3449 1736 1713 2597 1275 1322
7 Killiyoor 2412 1208 1204 57 28 29
8 Munchiri 4756 2306 2450 205 98 107
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9Melpuram
4483 2147 2336 523 255 268
10 NagercoilMunicipality 7084 3504 3580 370 177 193
11 Padmanabapuram 2112 1050 1062 7 1 6
12 Colachel 1164 594 570 24 12 12
13 Kuzhithurai 341 161 180 27 13 14