Mangavilai

Mangavilai is one of the small villages in the Kanyakumari district. There is generally only one relationship-type in the village i.e. brother and sister's relationship. This is the main feature of the village. It has a population of 1000. The village has a name board in the entrance written in three languages (Hindi, Tamil, and English). In the Kanyakumari district, there are few villages having name boards with three or more languages, and the same name board was established on 24.09.1985. It is a peculiar display.

The people are hard workers. They went up to Member of Parliament level. One of the village men contested in a Parliament election against the greatest leader Shri K. Kamaraj (Ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) in 1972, but he failed and became a Rajyasabha Member. His name is Shri M C Balan, Ex-MP..

COCONUT TREE, Mangavilai

Mangavilai comes under Dharmapuram Panchayat. It is situated 1  km north of the Arabian Sea and 9 km distance from Nagercoil, which is the district Headquarters and 20  km distance from Kanyakumari, which is the southernmost tip of the land. It is surrounded by some other small villages namely Pilavilai in the north, Neduvilai in the east, Kaliyakkavilai in the south and Puthoor and Panavilai in the west.

The following temples are there:

1. Siva Sudalai Maadan Temple
2. Arunachaleswar Temple
3. Isakki Amman Temple
4. Vinayagar Temple
5. Ayya Vaikundar Temple

Sudalai Maadan Temple is belonging to the whole village. It is situated in the centre of the village.

Siva Sudalai Maadan Kovil, Mangavilai

Arunachaleswar Temple, Mangavilai

It is a family temple, that is present in the north side of our siva sudalai maadan temple

Isaki Amman Temple, Mangavilai

It is a family temple, that is present in the west side of our Shiva Sudalai Maadan temple.

VINAYAGAR TEMPLE, Mangavilai

This is a famous temple which is present inside our Shiva Sudalai Swaamy temple.

This is a family temple, that present in the west of Isakki Amman temple.

All the residents of Mangavilai follow Hinduism and belong to the Nadar caste.

In Mangavilai, People are mostly educated. The literacy rate is 100%. Here the people are regularly reading newspapers. The village has a big library with a reading room with more than 15 weekly and monthly magazines and a sports complex to develop the physical fitness of the youth. The library provides educational and employment services through various consultants and documents. There is an annual meeting of employed people for some interaction. This provides the village with heads to develop the education. This meeting advises the village people to attain development in various fields.

The village produces many Doctor, Engineers, lawyers, college professors, and government employees, including military and paramilitary service and State Administrative Service personnel. At present the village has one Govt. employee in each household. The graduates are multiplied every year.

The maximum temperature during summer hovers around 86 °F or 30 °C. Mangavilai receives both the North-East and South-West monsoons.

• Nethaji Youth Club (NYC), Mangavilai
• Gandhiji Youth Club (GYC), Mangavilai

Siva Sudalaimaada Swamy Kabadi Club (SSS Kabadi Club)

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