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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pamban
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9|17|N|79|12|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ramanathapuram district|Ramanathapuram]]
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| leader_title = Panchayat President
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| population_total = 30926
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Pamban''' is a town in the [[Rameswaram taluk]] of [[Ramanathapuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is at the west edge of [[Pamban Island]] and is a popular fishing port. The town gives its name to the whole island. Pamban railway station is the first station on the island for pilgrims travelling to [[Rameswaram]].

== Demographics ==
As per the 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web|title=Primary Census Abstract - Census 2011 |url=http://census2001.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217153857/http://census2001.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx |archivedate=2011-02-17 }}</ref> Pamban had a population of 37819 with 19163 males and 18656 females. The sex ratio was 974 and the literacy rate, 85.16%{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

== Climate ==
Pamban has a [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''As'') with hot summers and cool winters. Unlike most locations in India with this climate, most rainfall occurs in autumn and winter, with the heaviest rain falling from October to December, and very little rain in the summer months of June to August.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
{{Weather box
|location = Pamban (1981-2010, extremes 1902-2012)
| width = auto
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| temperature colour = pastel
| Jan record high C = 33.3
| Feb record high C = 34.5
| Mar record high C = 35.7
| Apr record high C = 38.0
| May record high C = 38.8
| Jun record high C = 37.2
| Jul record high C = 37.5
| Aug record high C = 37.5
| Sep record high C = 36.9
| Oct record high C = 35.7
| Nov record high C = 35.4
| Dec record high C = 33.9
| year record high C = 38.8
| Jan high C = 29.0
| Feb high C = 30.5
| Mar high C = 32.8
| Apr high C = 34.3
| May high C = 34.3
| Jun high C = 33.5
| Jul high C = 33.2
| Aug high C = 33.0
| Sep high C = 32.9
| Oct high C = 32.1
| Nov high C = 30.2
| Dec high C = 28.8
| year high C = 32.0
| Jan low C = 24.2
| Feb low C = 24.0
| Mar low C = 25.3
| Apr low C = 27.2
| May low C = 28.1
| Jun low C = 27.5
| Jul low C = 26.9
| Aug low C = 26.7
| Sep low C = 26.6
| Oct low C = 26.0
| Nov low C = 24.9
| Dec low C = 24.3
| year low C = 26.0
| Jan record low C = 17.0
| Feb record low C = 17.0
| Mar record low C = 19.4
| Apr record low C = 20.3
| May record low C = 19.8
| Jun record low C = 20.2
| Jul record low C = 20.7
| Aug record low C = 20.0
| Sep record low C = 20.6
| Oct record low C = 20.0
| Nov record low C = 19.5
| Dec record low C = 18.2
| year record low C = 17.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 59.9
| Feb rain mm = 17.0
| Mar rain mm = 13.6
| Apr rain mm = 51.2
| May rain mm = 41.4
| Jun rain mm = 6.3
| Jul rain mm = 11.2
| Aug rain mm = 15.2
| Sep rain mm = 33.6
| Oct rain mm = 199.2
| Nov rain mm = 284.6
| Dec rain mm = 191.7
| Jan rain days = 2.8
| Feb rain days = 1.5
| Mar rain days = 0.9
| Apr rain days = 3.6
| May rain days = 2.8
| Jun rain days = 2.0
| Jul rain days = 0.6
| Aug rain days = 0.9
| Sep rain days = 1.6
| Oct rain days = 8.4
| Nov rain days = 12.2
| Dec rain days = 8.4
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 74
| Feb humidity = 70
| Mar humidity = 68
| Apr humidity = 68
| May humidity = 73
| Jun humidity = 74
| Jul humidity = 73
| Aug humidity = 74
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 76
| Nov humidity = 78
| Dec humidity = 78
|year humidity = 73
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Pamban Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 583–584
| accessdate = 29 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M201
| accessdate = 29 March 2020}}</ref>
}}
[[File:PambanIsland1955.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Map of Pamban island in 1955]]
==Transport==
[[File:Pamban Bridge Train Passing.jpg|thumb|Train on the Pamban Bridge]]
[[Pamban Bridge]] is a railway bridge which connects the town of [[Mandapam]] in mainland India with [[Pamban Island]], and [[Rameswaram]]. Opened on 24 February 1914,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unisteelsengg.com/application-duplex-steel-pamban-bridge.html|title=Pamban Bridge, Application Pamban Bridge|work=My Rameswaram|access-date=2019-12-30|language=en-US}}</ref> it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the [[Bandra-Worli Sea Link]] in 2010. The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers, but has a double-leaf [[Bascule bridge|bascule]] section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Until 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu's island of Rameswaram to the mainland. In December 2018, the bascule of this bridge was damaged, which suspended transportation on the bridge for 3 months. Rail movement was again restored on 27 February 2019.

In 1988, a road bridge was also constructed parallel to the rail bridge. This road bridge is also known as Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge. The Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge connects the National Highway (NH 49) with the Rameswaram island. It stands on the Palk Strait and between the shores of Mandapam (a place on the Indian mainland) and Pamban (one of the fishermen town in Rameswaram island). It was inaugurated by former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 2 October 1988.<ref name="pamban roadbridge">{{cite news|url=http://myrameswaram.com/pamban-road-bridge|title=Pamban Road Bridge: Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge|year=2017}}</ref> This 2.345 km long bridge took close to 14 years to be completed.

The Pamban Lighthouse, along with 23 other lighthouses along the eastern, southern and western coast of the Indian peninsula, comes under the administration of the Chennai Lighthouse District, In accord with the Lighthouse Act of 1927 and the Lighthouse (Amendment) Act of 1985.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships
| title = Lighthouse Act
| publisher = Government of India, Ministry of Shipping
| date = n.d.
| url = http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/light.html
| access-date = 27 November 2011
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111121065654/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/light.html
| archive-date = 21 November 2011
}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ramanathapuram.nic.in/tourist-place/pamban-bridge/ Pamban Bridge, Ramanathapuram, official site]

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