Kidarakulam

Kidarakulam is a village in Alangulam Taluk in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 25 km to the Esat of District headquarters Tenkasi. 8 km from Alangulam. Postal head office is Nettur

Kidarakulam
Village
Kidarakulam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8.86°N 77.49°E / 8.86; 77.49
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,009
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	627854
Telephone code	04633
Sex ratio	1000 :1040.5 ♂/♀
Literacy	74.5%

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Veeranam (2 km), Kadanganeri (3 km), Nettur (1 km), Naranapuram (3 km), Thuthikulam (4 km), Ayyanarkulam (4 km) are the nearby villages to Kidarakulam. Kidarakulam is surrounded by Surandai Taluk to the west, Keelapavoor Taluk to the west, Kadayam Taluk to the west, Pappakudi Taluk to the south.

Statistics

Geography

Kidarakulam is located at 8.86°N 77.69°E / 8.86; 77.69. It is situated at an average elevation of 111 metres.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kidarakulam had a population of around 2,009 as per the 2001 census. Males constitute 45% of the population and females 65%. Kidarakulam has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Employment

The area has a number of people involved agriculture. The place is noted for the self-employed beedi workers here. Most of the women are involved in beedi making. Alangulam which is also known as small town for supplying Vegetable's throughout South India. Alangulam Vegetable market trading 24x7 supplies. People are working in windmills too. Agriculture plays a major role in Kidarakulam.

Utilities and facilities

Transportation

Kidarakulam is well connected by main roads to Alangulam (8 km) located in south, to SankaranKovil (30 km) located in north and to Surandai (19 km) located in west. Bus facilities also available for nearest places such as Alangulam, Veeranam, Surandai, Nalloor, SankaranKovil, Aladipatti, Nettur, and Nallur.

Banking and financial institutions

1. Co operative society bank (Kidarakulam)
2. Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (Alangulam)
3. Indian Overseas Bank (Veeranam)
4. Canara Bank (Alangulam)
5. Indian Bank (Alangulam)
6. Pandian Grama Bank (Alangulam)

Education

Literacy rate in Kidarakulam is quite good and over 69% of people are literate.

ATM

1. Indian Overseas Bank (Veeranam)
2. Canara Bank (opposite to Sri Ramakrishna Matric.Hr.Sec School,Alangulam)
3. Indian Bank (Opposite to Taluk office, Alangulam)
4. Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank, Alangulam

Schools

The schools in the location are

1. N.M.M. Middle School, Kidarakulam
2. Government High School, Veeranam. (2 km from Kidarakulam)
3. Hindu Higher Secondary School, MayamaanKurichi (2 km from Kidarakulam).
4. West Tirunelveli Higher Secondary School,Nallur. (8 km from Kidarakulam)
5. St.Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Alangulam.
6. Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation higher secondary school, Alangulam.
7. Government higher secondary school, Alangulam.
8. St.Joseph matriculation school, Alangulam.

Colleges

1. CSI Jayaraj Annapackiam College, Nallur., Alangulam Taluk.
2. Sardar Raja College of Engineering.
3. Einstein college of Engineering.
4. Aladi Aruna College of Nursing, Sivalarkulam.
5. St. Mariam Polytechnic College, Sivalarkulam.
6. Sri Muppidathi Amman College of education, Adaikalapatinam.
7. St.Johns Teacher Training Institution, Maranthai.
8. Diwan ITI, Maranthai.

Entertainment and leisure

Alangulam have one Cinema Theater named TPV Multiplex which is equipped with QUBE digital 4K system and DOLBY ATMOS surround sound effects. In Surandai, we have one Cinema Theater named Nataraj. Most of them entertain themselves by swimming in the well or else spending time with gardening.

References

To see the population data https://archive.is/20140410080932/http://www.citypopulationindia.com/tamil-nadu/tirunelveli-/alangulam/.kidarakulam