Vilavancode

Vilavancode, also spelt as Viḷavaṅgōḍu, is a town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu state, India. It is part of territory among several taluks that were with the Thiruvananthapuram district that with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district, Travancore-Cochin State to the newly created Kanyakumari district of Madras State (the latter later renamed as Tamil Nadu State).

Vilavancode
census town
Vilavancode Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8.3129°N 77.2048°E / 8.3129; 77.2048
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanyakumari
Government
• Body	Vilavancode Panchayat
Area
• Total	4.02 km2 (1.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	6,731
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• Minority	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

History

Boundary

Vilavancode was part of Travancore Kingdom, the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State. Part of The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 aligned state boundaries on linguistic affiliations. Thovalai, Kalkulam, Vilavancode, and Agastheeswaram Taluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram District of the Travancore-Cochin State to Kanyakumari district, Madras State. Madras was later renamed as Tamil Nadu).

Religions

Religions in Vilavancode Taluka
Religion			Percent
Hindus			68.63%
Christians			28.45%
Muslims			2.48%
Others			0.44%

Politics

Vilavancode assembly constituency is part of Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

See also

• Pinanthode