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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Thanakkankulam
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|pushpin_map_caption = Thanakkankulam, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and Territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|23x16px|border|alt=Tamil Nadu]][[Tamil Nadu]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Madurai district]]
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|demographics1_title1 = [[Official]]
|demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], English
|timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset1 = +5:30
|postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
|postal_code = 625006<ref>{{Cite web |title=THANAKKANKULAM Pin Code – 625006, Madurai South All Post Office Areas PIN Codes, Search MADURAI Post Office Address |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/tamil-nadu/madurai/thanakkankulam-pincode-625006.html |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=news.abplive.com}}</ref>
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|blank1_name_sec1 = Other [[Neighbourhood]]s
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], Goripalayam, [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]], [[Nelpettai]], East Gate, [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]], [[Thathaneri]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]], [[Arappalayam]], Arasaradi, [[Kalavasal]], [[Palanganatham]], [[Jaihindpuram]], [[Pasumalai]] and [[Thiruparankundram]]
|blank2_name_sec1 = Municipal body
|blank2_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Municipal Corporation]]
|blank3_name_sec1 = [[District Magistrate|District Collector]]
|blank3_info_sec1 = Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
|blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]]
|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency]]
|blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]]
|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = B. [[Manickam Tagore]]
|blank7_name_sec1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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|website = https://madurai.nic.in
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'''Thanakkankulam''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular India.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Medical Council of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mh4gAQAAMAAJ&q=Thanakkankulam |title=Dr. B.C. Roy Anniversary Souvenir |date=1979 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Preeti Mehra |date=2020-11-30 |title=Craft grows more shoots at the grassroots |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/india-interior/craft-grows-more-shoots-at-the-grassroots/article33215413.ece |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Business Line|location=Chennai |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Soma Basu |date=2019-12-20 |title=IKEA's initiative with Industree Foundation has helped hundreds of needy women across Tamil Nadu to rewrite their life stories |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/ikeas-initiative-with-industree-foundation-has-helped-hundreds-of-needy-women-across-tamil-nadu-to-rewrite-their-life-stories/article30360156.ece |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dr.A.JesinthaVilveena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zt5tEAAAQBAJ&dq=Thanakkankulam&pg=PA98 |title=Contribution of Catholics to the Cause of Higher Education in Madurai Diocese |publisher=Archers & Elevators Publishing House |isbn=978-93-88805-56-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Madras (India : State) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsE0DzdypWMC&q=Thanakkankulam |title=Fort Saint George Gazette |date=1964 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUDQAAAAMAAJ&q=Thanakkankulam |title=The Catholic Directory of India, 1984 |date=1984 |publisher=C.B.C.I. Centre |language=en}}</ref>

Thanakkankulam is located at an altitude of about 167 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.885100|N|78.040300|E}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack – Thanakkankulam |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thanakkankulam&params=9.885100_N_78.040300_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

Thanakkankulam area falls under the [[Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-04 |title=Woman gives a piece of advice to Stalin to ensure DMK's victory in elections in Tamil Nadu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/woman-gives-a-piece-of-advice-to-stalin-to-ensure-dmks-victory-in-elections-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/67838700.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is [[V. V. Rajan Chellappa]]. Also, this area belongs to [[Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency]]. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is B. [[Manickam Tagore]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai]]

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