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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Madathattuvilai<br />
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| image_skyline = Madathattuvilai.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Madathattuvilai<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8.2196|N|77.3469|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanyakumari district]]<br />
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| population_total = 6000<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 629180<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91-4651<br />
| registration_plate = TN-75<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Kanyakumari<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Colachel (State Assembly Constituency)|Colachel]]<br />
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''' Madathattuvilai ''' is a village under [[Villukuri]] Panchayat in [[Kanyakumari district]], the southernmost district in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in India. 229 residents of Madathattuvilai have donated their eyes in last one decade and making it a trailblazer among cities and towns across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/169973/india-eye-donation-village-inspirational/|title= This Village With an Eye Donor in Every Home is an Example For All of India | work=thebetterindia.com/|accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==St. Sebastian Church and Festival==<br />
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{{ main article |St.Sebastian Church, Madathattuvilai }}<br />
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St.Sebastian Church situated right in the center of the village, is also an important social center that plays a very important role in the lives of the people in the village. St. Sebastian Church Festival lasts for ten days and draws crowds from surrounding areas for the music, drama and fireworks that add color to this religious event. The festival dates are based on the St. Sebastian Feast (20 January); i.e. 20 January is between the 3rd day to 8th day of the festival.<br />
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==Eye Donation==<br />
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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/with-229-organ-donors-this-tamil-nadu-village-is-leading-the-way-in-eye-body-donation-360614.html|title= With 229 Organ Donors, This Tamil Nadu Village Is Leading The Way In Eye & Body Donation | work=indiatimes.com|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref> As many as 229 people in the village have donated their eyes over the past 11 years turning Madathattuvilai into a trendsetter in creating awareness on eye donation. About 95% of those who die donate their eyes and 1,500 enrolled for eye donation, most of them were young.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/this-tamil-nadu-village-shows-the-way-in-eye-donation/articleshow/67566259.cms|title= This Tamil Nadu village shows the way in eye donation| work=Times of India|accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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Madathattuvilai peoples are Highly educated. The [[literacy]] rate is 100%. At present the village has one teacher or lecturer or college professor in each [[household]]. The village produces many [[Teacher]], [[Lecturer]], [[lawyers]], [[college professor]]s, and [[government]] employees, including [[military]] and [[paramilitary]] [[Military service|service]] and [[Civil service|State Administrative Service]] personnel. The graduates are [[multiplied]] every year. For example [[Doctorate]] (both [[Arts]] and [[Science]]) [[candidate]]s are approximately 25 in the village.<br />
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==Education Institutes==<br />
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* St.Sebastian Matriculation School<br />
* St.Sebastian Computer Education<br />
* St. Alocious Primary School <br />
* St. Lawrence Higher Secondary School ( which is one of the oldest high schools in the area)<br />
* [[Mother Gnanamma Catholic College of Education]] <br />
* Adline Matric Higher Secondary School<br />
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==Culture and Religion==<br />
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The village, being predominantly [[Roman Catholic]] and belong to the [[Nadar (caste)|Nadar]] caste.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.madathattuvilai.com/ Madathattuvilai Official Website]<br />
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{{Regions of Kanyakumari}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Kanyakumari district]]</div>->Graeme Bartlett