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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pattamadai
| native_name =
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| other_name = Pathamadai
| nickname =
| settlement_type = special grade town panchayath
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| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8.664167|N|77.582222|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirunelveli district]]
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| founder =
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| governing_body = Town Panchayat
| leader_title = Panchayat president
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 61
| population_total = 20000
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 627453
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04634
| registration_plate = TN 76
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Palayamkottai]], [[Ambasamudram]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1:1 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 72%
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Ambasamudram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ambasamudram]]
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'''Pathamadai''' or '''Pattamadai''' is a special grade town [[panchayath]] in [[Tirunelveli district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Pattamadai had a population of 14,965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title=Census of India 2001|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Pattamadai has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 66%. In Pattamadai, 11% of the population is under age 6.

==Mats of Pathamadai==
Pathamadai has a mat industry which produces mats crafted out of ''korai grass'' ([[Reed (plant)|Reed plant]]) also called as Indian Chattai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sole stories|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article509423.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2010|location=India}}</ref> They are flexible and have been gifted to leaders like [[Nikolai Bulganin]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Grass mats still hold their own here|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/11/04/stories/2005110401741300.htm|newspaper=Business Line|date=4 November 2005|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Sivananda Saraswati]], [[Hindu]] spiritual teacher and a proponent of [[Yoga]] and [[Vedanta]].
*[[Madurai Sundar]], [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] musician

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tirunelveli district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district]]
[[Category:Hindu holy cities]]

Pattamadai - Revision history

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