Puthalam

Puththalam is a Panchayat town in the Agastheeswaram taluk, Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Puththalam,
Village
Puththalam, Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°06′32″N 77°28′00″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanyakumari
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,073
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN-74

It lies between the Manakudy estuary and the Indian Ocean. The estuary is famous for its biodiversity and migrating birds. The wildlife department has recently introduced mangrove plantations.^{[citation needed]} Puthalam is also known for its salt pans, which have existed since the British colonial rule.^{[citation needed]} The recent^[when?] tsunami has devastated the surrounding fishing villages. It has a 200-year-old Christian church constructed by Ringel Taube, a German missionary. There is also a 200-year-old higher secondary school, L.M.P.C. Higher Secondary School.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census,^[1] Puththalam has a population of 13,073. Puthalam has an average literacy rate of 83.7%, higher than the state literacy rate of 80.1% (male literacy is 86.1%, and female literacy is 81.5%). About 10% of the population is under the age of six.