Colachel
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Colachel (Tamil/Malayalam: Kulachal, ) is a Municipality in the far south of India, located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It is a natural harbor on the Malabar Coast, located 20 km northwest of Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), the southernmost tip of India. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 23,227 and a metropolitan population of 47,007.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Colachel
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- Municipality
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- Colachel harbour.jpg
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- Colachel harbour
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- India Tamil Nadu
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- left
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- Colachel, Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
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- District
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- Kanniyakumari
- Settlement.government_type
- First Grade Municipality
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- Colachel Municipality
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- Metric
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- 56
- Settlement.population_total
- 23,227
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- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 5.18
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Colachel harbour.jpg
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- postal code
- 629174
- Commons category
- Colachel
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Battle of Colachel
- 2004 Tsunami
- Transport
- Harbour
- Geography
- Climate
- Soil type
- Demographics
- Places of interest
- Colachel Pillar
- Politics
- Economy
- Education
- Culture
- References
Colachel (Tamil/Malayalam: Kulachal, ) is a Municipality in the far south of India, located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It is a natural harbor on the Malabar Coast, located 20 km northwest of Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), the southernmost tip of India. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 23,227 and a metropolitan population of 47,007.
==History== Colachel is an ancient port town, that Vasco da Gama called ‘Colachi’. Before the State re-organization in 1956, it was part of the Travancore State. After the defeat of the Dutch by King Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma in 1741, a victory pillar had been erected near the beach in commemoration of the victory. The town is bounded on the south by Arabian Sea. It has Pampoori Vaikal in its Western side. Nagercoil the headquarters of Kanyakumari District is 20 km away from this town in the North East Direction.
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