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Puththalam, | |
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Village | |
  Puththalam, Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates:8°06′32″N77°28′00″E / 8.10889°N 77.46667°E /8.10889; 77.46667 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanyakumari |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 13,073 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TN-74 |
Puththalam is aPanchayat town in theAgastheeswaram talukKanniyakumari district in theIndianstate ofTamil Nadu.
It lies between the Manakudy estuary and theIndian Ocean. The estuary is famous for its biodiversity andmigrating birds. The wildlife department has recently introduced mangrove plantations.[citation needed] Puthalam is also known for itssalt pans, which have existed since the British colonial rule.[citation needed] The recent[when?] tsunami has devastated the surrounding fishing villages. It has a 200-year-old Christian church constructed by Ringel Taube, a German missionary. There is also a 200-year-old higher secondary school, L.M.P.C. Higher Secondary School.[citation needed]
As of the 2011 Indiacensus,[1] Puththalam has a population of 13,073. Puthalam has an averageliteracy rate of 83.7%, higher than the state literacy rate of 80.1% (male literacy is 86.1%, and female literacy is 81.5%). About 10% of the population is under the age of six.
[1] 2011 Census