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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Athikulam
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|pushpin_map_caption = Athikulam, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
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|postal_code = 625007
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|blank1_name_sec1 = Other Neighborhoods
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], [[Sellur (Madurai)|Sellur]], Narimedu, [[K. Pudur]], [[Chinna Chokkikulam]], [[B B Kulam]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[Tallakulam (Madurai)|Tallakulam]], Goripalayam, Shenoy Nagar, [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]], [[Nelpettai]], East Gate, [[Thathaneri]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]] and [[Arappalayam]]
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|blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]]
|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]
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|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Madurai East Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = [[S. Venkatesan]]
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'''Athikulam''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Manish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HeQq6TslrfMC&q=Athikulam%252C%2520Madurai&pg=PA259 |title=Non-violence in the 21st Century: Application and Efficacy |date=2006 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7629-784-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-17 |title=Humble millets making a comeback in Madurai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/Humble-millets-making-a-comeback-in-Madurai/article12077841.ece |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-10 |title=Remove encroachments and maintain 'kanmoi': HC |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/remove-encroachments-and-maintain-kanmoi-hc/article66121184.ece |access-date=2023-02-09 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> CBI office has a branch in Athikulam.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-07 |title=New CBI office opened in Madurai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/new-cbi-office-opened-in-madurai/article24106490.ece |access-date=2023-02-09 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Athikulam is located at an altitude of about 164 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.955100|N|78.136600|E}} (i.e., 9°57'18.4"N, 78°08'11.8"E).<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack – Athikulam |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Athikulam&params=9.955100_N_78.136600_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

Athikulam area falls under the [[Madurai East Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ta:மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் – வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional01/647019-.html |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is [[P. Moorthy]]. Also, this area belongs to [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is [[S. Venkatesan]].

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