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| name = Kodiyankulam
| native_name = கொடியங்குளம்
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thoothukudi district|Thoothukudi]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Ottapidaram taluk|Ottapidaram]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Kodiyankulam''' is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located at a distance of 11 km from [[Tiruvaikuntam]], 21 km from [[Tirunelveli]], 43 km from [[Thoothukudi]], 77 km from [[Tenkasi]] and 147 km from [[Madurai]].

==Demographics==
*Kodiyankulam had a population of 3,146 as per the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]],<ref>{{cite news
| title =Kodiyankulam Population Census 2011
| newspaper =Population Census
| location =Chennai
| date =7 June 2023
| url =https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/642551-thenthiruperai-tamil-nadu.html
| access-date =17 May 2024}}</ref> out of which 1514 are males while 1632 are females in the town.
*Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 272 which is 8.65% of total population of the town.
*The female sex ratio is of 1078 against the Tamil Nadu state average of 996.
*The Literacy rate of the town is 78.8% against the state average of 80.09%. The male literacy is around 83.49% while female literacy rate is 74.45% .
*The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste (SC)]] constitutes about 74.83% of the population in the town.

==In popular media ==
The storyline of the movie ''[[Karnan (2021 film)|Karnan]]'' is loosely influenced by [[1995 Kodiyankulam violence]] happened at the village.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-09|title=Karnan movie review: Dhanush's film is a powerful, bold portrait of caste-based riots and police brutality|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tamil-cinema/karnan-movie-review-dhanush-s-film-is-a-powerful-bold-portrait-of-caste-based-riots-and-police-brutality-101617962254231.html|access-date=2021-04-13|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Politics==
It is part of [[Ottapidaram Assembly constituency]], which comes under the [[Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency|Thoothukkudi Parliamentary constituency]].

==See also==
*[[1995 Kodiyankulam violence]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Thoothukudi district]]

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