Chettikulam
Chettikulam is a small coastal village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Chettikulam panniyur Pannaiyur | |
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village | |
| Tamil செட்டிகுளம் transcription(s) | |
  Chettikulam panniyur Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°9′38″N 77°36′57″E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirunelveli |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,423 (2,001 Census) |
| Tamilan | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 627120 |
| Telephone code | 04637-257198 |
| Nearest city | Kanyakumari |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tirunelveli |
It is 12 km from Kanyakumari on the east coastal road (ECR) connecting Kanyakumari with Thiruchendur. The nearest town is Nagercoil. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has built a large township also known as Anuvijay Township for its employees near the village.
This village has a telephone exchange, bank (SBI Pandian Grama Bank), post office and four schools. Including the township, the population is nearly 28,000 people. In addition to this Chettikulam has huge beach and vast pond.
Tis village has one government higher secondary school in the bypass Road. More than 5000 students are studying in this school. The nearest colleges are at Kanyakumari, Palkulam (Anjugramam), Levengipuram, Nagercoil, Koothankuli, and Vadakkankulam.
Chettikulam has a C.S.I. church, Pentecostal churches, a small Catholic Church (on the way to beach, near Ayyah temple) and many temples in each and every street. The C.S.I. church, was very high so from the roof one can view Kaniyakumari Thiruvaluvar statue. Chettikulam has a long sea shore. It is the longest shore in Tirunelveli district. It is almost 3 kilometers long shore Beach. During Festival times peoples from chettikulam as well as tourists gather here. There is an Ayyah temple and many Amman temples in Chettikulam.
The village has one Government Hospital near the bypass. There is a family park in the beach. There is a petrol station near the beach in Bypass road.
Once upon a time the seashore of this village was fully covered with coconut trees, but as the time moves on due to lack of maintenance and the migration of people to other districts for the search of job, now-a-days there is no sign of coconut trees along the coastal area. This village is not only surrounded by pond but also it is surrounded by agricultural lands. Chettikulam will be looking so good during Temple festivals and especially from Christmas days till New Year.
There is another village named Chattikulam in Kerala near Chalakudy