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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 10:34, 16 June 2023&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| demographics_type1              = Languages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| demographics_type1              = Languages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| demographics1_info1             = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Malayalam&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| demographics1_info1             = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manavalakurichi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Kanniyakumari district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is hardly 60&amp;amp;nbsp;km from [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of [[Kerala]]. [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] are the common languages of people living here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manavalakurichi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Kanniyakumari district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is hardly 60&amp;amp;nbsp;km from [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of [[Kerala]]. [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] are the common languages of people living here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Manavalakurichi &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is located at .&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Manavalakurichi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Manavalakurichi]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It &lt;/del&gt;has an average elevation of {{convert|0|m|ft}})&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Manavalakurichi has an average elevation of {{convert|0|m|ft}}).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Indian Rare Earths==&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* On 18 August 1950, [[Indian Rare Earths|Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL)]] was incorporated as a private limited company -jointly owned by the Government of India and Government of Travancore, Cochin with the primary intention of taking up commercial scale processing of monazite sand at its first unit namely Rare Earths Division(RED), Aluva, Kerala for the recovery of thorium.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* After becoming a full-fledged Central Government Undertaking in 1963 under the administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy(DAE), IREL took over a number of private companies engaged in mining and separation of beach sand minerals in southern part of the country and established two more Divisions one at Chavara, Kerala and the other at Manavalakurichi(MK), Tamil Nadu.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* After a gap of about 20 years, IREL commissioned its largest Division called Orissa Sand Complex(OSCOM) at Chatrapur, Orissa. Today IREL operates these four units with Corporate Office in Mumbai and produces/sells six heavy minerals namely ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite, sillimanite and garnet as well as various value added products. IREL is making profit since 1997–98 with its sales turnover reaching a peak exceeding Rs. 3600 million in 2006–07, with export component of above Rs. 1000 million.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Even though IREL provides many employment opportunities to locals here, people are against this company due to the fear of [[Radiation|Nuclear Radiation]] emission from this unit&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sea ports==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sea ports==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Colachel harbour.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kolachal|Kolachal Sea Port]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Colachel harbour.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kolachal|Kolachal Sea Port]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour in [[Muttom, Kanyakumari|Muttom]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://corporatedir.com/company/jeppiaar-fishing-harbour-muttom-private-limited | title=Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour Muttom Private Limited | publisher=CorporateDir | access-date=13 June 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the nearest &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sea Port&lt;/del&gt;. This is a private sea port and was built by educationalist and business man [[Jeppiaar]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour in [[Muttom, Kanyakumari|Muttom]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://corporatedir.com/company/jeppiaar-fishing-harbour-muttom-private-limited | title=Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour Muttom Private Limited | publisher=CorporateDir | access-date=13 June 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the nearest &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sea port&lt;/ins&gt;. This is a private sea port and was built by educationalist and business man [[Jeppiaar]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nearest &lt;/del&gt;sea port is [[Kolachal]]. It is an ancient port, aging back to 18th century. [[Vasco da Gama]] called it &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;‘Colachi’&lt;/del&gt;. After the defeat of the Dutch by King [[Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] in [[Battle of Colachel]] on 10 August 1741, a victory pillar had been erected near the beach in commemoration of the victory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;near &lt;/ins&gt;sea port is [[Kolachal]]. It is an ancient port, aging back to 18th century. [[Vasco da Gama]] called it &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;Colachi&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;. After the defeat of the Dutch by King [[Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] in [[Battle of Colachel]] on 10 August 1741, a victory pillar had been erected near the beach in commemoration of the victory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Roads==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Roads==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The town is well connected to all parts of the state through road. Nagercoil, the district headquarters of Kanyakumari is situated 20&amp;amp;nbsp;km from Manavalakurichi in the north-east direction. Direct bus service from Manavalakurichi is available to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] the capital city of [[Kerala]]. This journey usually takes less than &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2 hrs by road&lt;/del&gt;. Frequent bus service to [[Thuckalay]] another town which is 11&amp;amp;nbsp;km away is also available.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The town is well connected to all parts of the state through road. Nagercoil, the district headquarters of Kanyakumari&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;is situated 20&amp;amp;nbsp;km from Manavalakurichi in the north-east direction. Direct bus service from Manavalakurichi is available to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] the capital city of [[Kerala]]. This journey usually takes less than &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;two hours&lt;/ins&gt;. Frequent bus service to [[Thuckalay]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;another town which is 11&amp;amp;nbsp;km away&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;is also available.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Rail==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Rail==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Eraniel Railway Station.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Eraniel railway station]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Eraniel Railway Station.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Eraniel railway station]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Eraniel railway station]] is the nearest railway station. The station has two platforms and falls on the [[Kanyakumari]]–[[Thiruvananthapuram]] line in the Thiruvananthapuram division of the [[Southern Railway zone]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3,  1918  (Saka) |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053744/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All daily trains passing through the station &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;halts &lt;/del&gt;in Eraniel station.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;/&amp;gt; The route from Eraniel to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is an exciting journey as the line &lt;/del&gt;runs through tunnels and hilly terrains. It takes &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;only 1 hr &lt;/del&gt;from Thiruvananthapuram to Eraniel by train. The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;famous &lt;/del&gt;[[Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple|Mandaikadu Bagavathi Amman Temple]], [[Kolachal&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|Kolachal Port&lt;/del&gt;]], I.R.E Industries in Manavalakurichi and [[Padmanabhapuram Palace]] are situated nearby the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Station&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;/&amp;gt; The station also is the nearest railhead for two municipalities – Padmanabapuram, Colachel and for 25 villages.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Eraniel railway station]] is the nearest railway station. The station has two platforms and falls on the [[Kanyakumari]]–[[Thiruvananthapuram]] line in the Thiruvananthapuram division of the [[Southern Railway zone]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3,  1918  (Saka) |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053744/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All daily trains passing through the station &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;halt &lt;/ins&gt;in Eraniel station.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;/&amp;gt; The route from Eraniel to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] runs through tunnels and hilly terrains. It takes &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;one hour &lt;/ins&gt;from Thiruvananthapuram to Eraniel by train. The [[Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple|Mandaikadu Bagavathi Amman Temple]], [[Kolachal]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Port&lt;/ins&gt;, I.R.E Industries in Manavalakurichi and [[Padmanabhapuram Palace]] are situated nearby the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;station&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&quot;/&amp;gt; The station also is the nearest railhead for two municipalities – Padmanabapuram, Colachel and for 25 villages.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Air==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Air==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Departures terminal Trivandrum International Airport Kerala India.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Departures terminal Trivandrum International Airport Kerala India.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The nearest international airport is [[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] . [[Thiruvananthapuram]] connects the town further to other major cities like [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Cochin]], [[Delhi]], [[Goa]], and [[Chennai]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;by air&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The nearest international airport is [[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]]. [[Thiruvananthapuram]] connects the town further to other major cities like [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Cochin]], [[Delhi]], [[Goa]], and [[Chennai]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Demographics==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Demographics==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l87&quot;&gt;Line 87:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 80:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20100903140542/http://irel.gov.in/scripts/about_us.asp&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;5. Fish Market ( Veg. &amp;amp; Non Veg. ) - Manavalakurichy&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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{{Infobox settlement&lt;br /&gt;
| name                            = Manavalakurichi&lt;br /&gt;
| native_name                     = &lt;br /&gt;
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| nickname                        = Manavai&lt;br /&gt;
| settlement_type                 = Town&lt;br /&gt;
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| pushpin_map                     = India Tamil Nadu&lt;br /&gt;
| pushpin_label_position          = right&lt;br /&gt;
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Tamil Nadu, India&lt;br /&gt;
| coordinates                     = {{coord|8.13|N|77.3|E|display=inline,title}}&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_type                = Country&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_name                = {{flagu|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_type1               = State&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_name1               = [[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of districts of India|District]]&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_name2               = [[Kanniyakumari district|Kanniyakumari]]&lt;br /&gt;
| established_title               = &amp;lt;!-- Established --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| unit_pref                       = Metric&lt;br /&gt;
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| elevation_m                     = 0&lt;br /&gt;
| population_total                = 10969&lt;br /&gt;
| population_as_of                = 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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| population_density_km2          = auto&lt;br /&gt;
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| demographics_type1              = Languages&lt;br /&gt;
| demographics1_title1            = Official&lt;br /&gt;
| demographics1_info1             = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] Malayalam&lt;br /&gt;
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]&lt;br /&gt;
| utc_offset1                     = +5:30&lt;br /&gt;
| postal_code_type                = Postal code&lt;br /&gt;
| postal_code                     = 629252&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manavalakurichi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Kanniyakumari district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is hardly 60&amp;amp;nbsp;km from [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of [[Kerala]]. [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] are the common languages of people living here.&lt;br /&gt;
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Manavalakurichi is located at .&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Manavalakurichi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Manavalakurichi]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It has an average elevation of {{convert|0|m|ft}}).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Indian Rare Earths==&lt;br /&gt;
* On 18 August 1950, [[Indian Rare Earths|Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL)]] was incorporated as a private limited company -jointly owned by the Government of India and Government of Travancore, Cochin with the primary intention of taking up commercial scale processing of monazite sand at its first unit namely Rare Earths Division(RED), Aluva, Kerala for the recovery of thorium.&lt;br /&gt;
* After becoming a full-fledged Central Government Undertaking in 1963 under the administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy(DAE), IREL took over a number of private companies engaged in mining and separation of beach sand minerals in southern part of the country and established two more Divisions one at Chavara, Kerala and the other at Manavalakurichi(MK), Tamil Nadu.&lt;br /&gt;
* After a gap of about 20 years, IREL commissioned its largest Division called Orissa Sand Complex(OSCOM) at Chatrapur, Orissa. Today IREL operates these four units with Corporate Office in Mumbai and produces/sells six heavy minerals namely ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite, sillimanite and garnet as well as various value added products. IREL is making profit since 1997–98 with its sales turnover reaching a peak exceeding Rs. 3600 million in 2006–07, with export component of above Rs. 1000 million.&lt;br /&gt;
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Even though IREL provides many employment opportunities to locals here, people are against this company due to the fear of [[Radiation|Nuclear Radiation]] emission from this unit.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sea ports==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Colachel harbour.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kolachal|Kolachal Sea Port]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour in [[Muttom, Kanyakumari|Muttom]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://corporatedir.com/company/jeppiaar-fishing-harbour-muttom-private-limited | title=Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour Muttom Private Limited | publisher=CorporateDir | access-date=13 June 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the nearest Sea Port. This is a private sea port and was built by educationalist and business man [[Jeppiaar]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Another nearest sea port is [[Kolachal]]. It is an ancient port, aging back to 18th century. [[Vasco da Gama]] called it ‘Colachi’. After the defeat of the Dutch by King [[Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] in [[Battle of Colachel]] on 10 August 1741, a victory pillar had been erected near the beach in commemoration of the victory.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Roads==&lt;br /&gt;
The town is well connected to all parts of the state through road. Nagercoil, the district headquarters of Kanyakumari is situated 20&amp;amp;nbsp;km from Manavalakurichi in the north-east direction. Direct bus service from Manavalakurichi is available to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] the capital city of [[Kerala]]. This journey usually takes less than 2 hrs by road. Frequent bus service to [[Thuckalay]] another town which is 11&amp;amp;nbsp;km away is also available.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Rail==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Eraniel Railway Station.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Eraniel railway station]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Eraniel railway station]] is the nearest railway station. The station has two platforms and falls on the [[Kanyakumari]]–[[Thiruvananthapuram]] line in the Thiruvananthapuram division of the [[Southern Railway zone]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3,  1918  (Saka) |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053744/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All daily trains passing through the station halts in Eraniel station.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The route from Eraniel to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] is an exciting journey as the line runs through tunnels and hilly terrains. It takes only 1 hr from Thiruvananthapuram to Eraniel by train. The famous [[Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple|Mandaikadu Bagavathi Amman Temple]], [[Kolachal|Kolachal Port]], I.R.E Industries in Manavalakurichi and [[Padmanabhapuram Palace]] are situated nearby the Station.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;parliamentofindia.nic.in&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The station also is the nearest railhead for two municipalities – Padmanabapuram, Colachel and for 25 villages.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Air==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Departures terminal Trivandrum International Airport Kerala India.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
The nearest international airport is [[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] . [[Thiruvananthapuram]] connects the town further to other major cities like [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Cochin]], [[Delhi]], [[Goa]], and [[Chennai]] by air.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Demographics==&lt;br /&gt;
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_Town_Release_3300.xlsx|title= Census of India 2001: District Census Hand Book|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; had a total population of 10,969 with males 5478 marginally less over females 5491. Manavalakurichi has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 77%. In Manavalakurichi, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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https://web.archive.org/web/20100903140542/http://irel.gov.in/scripts/about_us.asp&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Fish Market ( Veg. &amp;amp; Non Veg. ) - Manavalakurichy&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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