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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pushpavanam
| native_name = புஷ்பவனம்
| native_name_lang = ta
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|10|27|33|N|79|50|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Nagapattinam
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| leader_title = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 10
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| population_total = 6705
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_footnotes =<ref name=Census2001>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210026/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=820246&category=VILLAGE|archivedate=29 October 2013| url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=820246&category=VILLAGE | title=View Population | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | accessdate=24 March 2012}}</ref>
| 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 = 614809
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04369
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| blank1_info_sec1 = 0.97<ref name=Census2001/> [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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'''Pushpavanam''' is a village in [[Vedaranyam]] subdistrict in [[Nagapattinam District]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=Census2001/>

==Geography==
Pushpavanam is seashore village 10.3 km north of [[Vedaranyam taluk]] in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu State in India. It is 34.8 km south of [[Nagapattinam]] and 291 km from [[Chennai]]. It is located on the [[Bay of Bengal]]. With the Vedaranyam Canel ([[Uppanar River]]) to the southwest and the [[Vettar River]] to the north, Pushpavanam is effectively on an island.

Pushpavanam shares its postal pincode (614809) with other villages such as [[Thethakudi]], [[Periyakuthagai]], [[Sembodai]], [[Kallimedu]], and [[Thamaraipulam]].

==Etymology==
In [[sanskrit]], "pushpam" means flower, and "vanam" means forest. It is thought to derive its name from people taking flowers to the village from [[Vedaranyeswarar temple]] during [[puja (Hinduism)|puja]]. Another thought is that in the ''[[Mahābhārata]]'', [[Draupadi]] took flowers to this village.

==Economy==
Agricultural crops include coconut, mango, cashew nut, rice, peanuts, and ''[[Gloriosa superba]]'', known locally as kalappai kizhangu, kaarthigai kizhangu, or kanvali kizhangu, or sengaanthal. Fishing is a common profession.

==Education==
Pushpavanam is served by several State Board Schools, including:
*Aided Middle School
*Govt. Higher Secondary School
*Guru Dhakshinamoorthy Primary School
*Vinayaga Primary School
*Panchayat Union School, Pattinatheru
*Panchayat Union School, Kothankadu

==History==
The village is about a 500 years old.

==Demographics==
{{Asof|2011}} census, it had a population of 6,705 in 1,799 households.<ref name=Census2001/> There are active Hindu, Islamic and Christian communities.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Nagapattinam district]]

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