?Tuticorin Tamil Nadu • India
Tuticorin
Coordinates: 8°49′N 78°08′E / 8.81, 78.14
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area	4,621 km² (1,784 sq mi)
District(s)	Thoothukudi
Population • Density	216,054 (2001) • 46.75 /km² (121 /sq mi)
District Collector	Dr. R.Palaniyandi I.A.S.
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • UN/LOCODE • Vehicle	• 628xxx • +91 461 • INTUT • TN 69

Coordinates: 8°49′N 78°08′E / 8.81, 78.14 Thoothukudi (Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி) also known as Tuticorin, is a city and a corporation in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi is the main city in Thoothukudi District. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links India_Tamil_Nadu_locator_map. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Location of Mirzapur and the 82. ... The geography of India is diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, rainforests, hills, and plateaus. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... The divisions of a district. ... Thoothukudi District Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... The District Collector is a Central Indian Government appointee who is in charge of the governance of a district in a state. ... Example of a PIN: The PIN code of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by the Indian Postal Service. ... For the past decade or so, telecommunication activities have gained momentum in India. ... UN/LOCODE is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, a unit of the United Nations. ... Licence plates on the back of a taxi in Kolkata. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Tamil ( ; IPA: ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people, originating on the Indian subcontinent. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... Thoothukudi District Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Thoothukudi District Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. ...

The town is also known as "Pearl town". It is a seaport which serves southern Tamil Nadu including the inland cities of Coimbatore, Madurai and Tirunelveli. It is one of the major seaports in India with its history dating back to the 6th century. , Coimbatore (Tamil: ), also known as Kovai (Tamil: ), is a major industrial city in India and the second largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu. ... , Madurai   (Tamil: , IPA: ) is a city and a municipal corporation situated on the banks of the River Vaigai in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... , Tirunelveli (Tamil: ) is a Municipal Corporation, sixth largest city in Tamil Nadu (after Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Salem) in southern India and the district headquarters of Tirunelveli district. ...

Origin of name

There are three theories as to the origin of the name:

• Thoorthu (Dig) and Kudi (Drink)- The town had no rivers and the only source of drinking water was from wells.
• "Thoortha" means land "reclaimed" from sea while "Kudi" also stands for "settlement" or "colony". Hence "Thoortha Kudi" or Thoothukudi could mean a settlement built on land reclaimed from sea.
• Finally, the Tuticorin name was used by Dutch people who were here.

Today the city is called "Tuticorin" in English and "Thoothukudi" in Tamil.

History of Tuticorin

Tuticorin is traditionally known for its pearl fishery and shipbuilding. Thoothukudi became the centre of the Indian independence movement in the early 20th century, with such leaders as the Maaveeran Sundaralinga Kudumbanar World First Human Suicide Bomber ,poet Subramanya Bharathy, Veerapandia Kattabomman, Thalapathy Venni Kalady Brave Warrior , Vadivu World First Women Suicide Bomber ,Vellaya Thevan, and V.O. Chidambaram Pillai. In 1906, the freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, with the help of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, launched the first Swadeshi ship "S.S. Gaelia" from this port town in British India. For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). ... Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... The term Indian independence movement is diffused, incorporating various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant philosophy and involved a wide spectrum of Indian political organizations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending the British Colonial Authority as well as other colonial... Mahakavi Bharathi 1882-1921 Subramanya Bharathi (December 11, 1882 - September 11, 1921) better known as Mahakavi Bharathiar (Maha Kavi meaning Great Poet) in Tamil, is deemed one of the greatest poets of twentieth-century India. ... V.O. Chidambaram Pillai popularly known as VOC gets the credit of launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, thus earning for himself the name - Kappalottiya Tamilan கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன். He was born on 5 September 1872 in Ottapidaram, Tirunelveli district of Tamil... Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856 - 1920), was an Indian nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. ... Swadeshi is the Indian term for the boycott of British goods. ...

View of the Dutch port Tuticorin, in 1752

The major harbour of Tuticorin is well known as a pearl diving and fishing centre. Tuticorin, one of the oldest sea ports in the world, was the seaport of the Pandyan kingdom after Korkai and later was taken over by the Portuguese in 1548, captured by the Dutch in 1658, and ceded to the British in 1825. (Courtesy - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001). The lighthouse built in 1842 marked the beginning of the history of Thoothukudi harbour development. The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cultural area, which also comprised other kingdoms such as that of the Pallava, the Chera, the Chola, the Chalukya and the Vijayanagara. ...

Geography

Thoothukudi is in South India about 540 km south west of Madras (Chennai) and is geographically located in the Gulf of Mannar. The geographical south of India includes all Indian territory below the 20th parallel. ... Madras refers to: the Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, the former Indian state, now known as Tamil Nadu (Plural of Madra): Ancient people of Iranian affinites, who lived in northwest Panjab in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. ... The Gulf of Mannar is an arm of the Indian Ocean, lying between the southern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka at a width of between 160 and 200 km (100 to 125 mi). ...

The district of Mannar (Bay of Bengal) lies south and southwest of the district of Tirunelveli, west and northwest of the district of Virudhunagar and north of the district of Ramanathapuram. The total area of this district is 4621 km². The administrative headquarters is an urban agglomeration and also one of the taluk headquarters within the district. Mannar is a district of Sri Lanka. ... Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... , Virudhunagar is a city and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Ramanathapuram  , also known as Ramnad, is a city and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...

The district of Thoothukudi was carved out as a separate district in the year 1986 as a result of bifurcation of the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu State.

Holy Places in Tuticorin

Temples

 * Lord Subramaniyar Temple - Trichendur; Padai Veedu for Lord Muruga.Subramaniyar Temple Devasthanam 

 * Nava Thirupathi; Nine Divya Dhesam, Abode of Lord Vishnu - Banks of Thamiraparani river Divya Dhesam * Bhagam Priyal samaetha Sankara Parameshwarar Temple - Tuticorin City * Vaigundaperumal Shanathi - Tuticorin City 

Churches

 * Lady of Snows Church - Tuticorin Town Snows Church 

 * St.Antonys Church - PulliyamPatti Village and Tuticorin Town * St.Antony's Church - Uvari Village Uvari * St.Xavier's Cave and Church - Manapadu Village; Cave Near sea shore 

Mosques

 * Mosque - Located at heart of Tuticorin Town 

 * Many Mosque - Kayalpattinam 

Irrigation

There are no big reservoirs in this district so the Papanasam and Manimuthar dams located in the Tirunelveli district under Tamirabarani system are the main sources of irrigation. Other than the Tamirabarani river, the river Vaipar in Vilathikulam taluk, the river Karumeni which traverses through Sathankulam, and Tiruchendur taluks are all sources. In Ottapidaram taluk there is one small reservoir at Eppodumvendran village. , Papanasam is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Tamirabarani is perhaps the only river that could be called PERINIELL in the whole south India. ... Vilathikulam is a small town in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu state, near the southern tip of mainland India. ... A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ... Sathankulam is a panchayat town in Toothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Tiruchendur is a small town in Tuticorin District, India, 45 km away from Tuticorin and 53 km from Tirunelveli. ...

Civic administration

Economy

The economy of Thoothukudi is based on industries, port, fishing, salt pans, and agriculture.

Tuticorin second largest producer of salt in India after Gujarat.

Tuticorin if famous for Macroon ( Cookie made of Cashew, Egg and Yeast)

Industry in Tuticorin

Thoothukudi has a host of industries including power, chemicals, fisheries and IT .

Can Do Automation (Industrial Automation Experts),Sterlite Copper Smelter, SPIC - Fertilizer Plant, Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals, Heavy Water Plant, Dharangadhara Chemical Works(DCW), Kilburn Chemicals, Madura Coats, Tuticorin Spinning Mills, Ramesh Flowers, Nila Sea Foods, Diamond Sea Foods, Salt Industries,CTPL(Coco Tufters pvt ltd), Venus Home Appliances ,Hitech Flyash India (p) Ltd,Threekay Solutions Pvt Ltd.,(Call Center) and Jesus Soft(Software Development Company).

Tata Steel to set up titanium dioxide project in Tuticorin. The project outlay is about Rs.2,500 crore The availability of skilled labour, an electricity generating plant, a container facility and it being a major port has made Tuticorin a major centre for industry and business. The Sethusamudram project, the airport at Vagaikulam, Koodankulam Nuclear Power plant, improved road and rail infrastructure and Nanguneri SEZ is expected to make Tuticorin an attractive choice for business investment.

Port

On 11th July 1974, the newly-constructed Thoothukudi port was declared to be the tenth major port in India, second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and third-largest container terminal in India after JN Port (Mumbai) and Chennai. Thoothukudi is an artificial port^[1]. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port.^[2] Due to its strategic location in the southern peninsula and assured round-the-clock operations, the port has been the nerve centre of economic activity in south Tamil Nadu. The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, a project to create a shipping channel through the shallow Palk Strait to allow pasage of larger ships, is headquartered at the Port of Thoothukudi ^[3]. The port currently handles seven per cent of the total container traffic in India and is an important reason for investment in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping canal through the shallow sea sometimes called Setu Samudram, and through the island chain of Ramas Bridge, also known as Adams Bridge. ... The Palk Strait is a 40-85 mi (64-137 km) wide strait that lies between Indias Tamil Nadu state and the island nation of Sri Lanka. ...

The port is badly in need of expansion to handle the increase in traffic. The two container berths in the port are of dimension 370 m length and 10.9 m depth. This limits the port in competing against Colombo port, which has 15 m depth. The Tuticorin Port Trust is investing $1 billion for expansion. This will be done in two phases; the first will deepen the harbour to a depth of 12.8 m and the second will increase it to 14.5 m. In addition to expansion of the outer harbour, proposed upgrades include construction of breakwaters and lengthening the approach channel.^[4] The port has been upgraded to handle vessels longer than 245 m. The advantages of deploying bigger vessels are that the existing restriction on booking can be eliminated and the transshipment at Colombo port can be reduced. The Tuticorin port has the potential to be an international container transhipment hub given its unique geographical location.^[5] Activity at the port has grown at a rate of 17 per cent per year over the last five years. A large portion of the operations in the port has been privatized, including handling at the first container terminal by PSA Sical.^[6] A second container terminal has been approved for this port.^[7] Tuticorin port is becoming a gateway for South India to the US, Europe and the Mediterranean following direct sailings to these regions. Of the total exports from the port, 25 per cent were to Europe, 20 per cent to the US, 20 per cent to East Asia including China, 15 per cent to Colombo, 10 per cent to West Asia and the remainder to the Mediterranean. Transshipment is the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination. ...

This port has been chosen to be an undersea cable landing station.^[8] The optical fibre cable will run between Mt Lavinia (Sri Lanka) and Tuticorin (325 km) with an initial bandwidth of 20 gigabits per second, later to be upgraded to 160 gigabits per second. This will promote the IT investment in South India by improved telecom infrastructure. An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. ...

The port is also helping increase the tourism in the region. A new ferry has been commenced between Tuticorin and Colombo.

Salt Production

The district constitutes 70 per cent of the total salt production of Tamil Nadu and 30 per cent of that of India.

Agriculture

Paddy is cultivated in the Srivaikundam, Sattankulam and Tiruchendur taluks. Cumbu, Cholam, Kuthiraivali and other pulses are raised in the dry tracts of Kovilpatti, Vilathikulam, Ottapidaram, and Thoothukudi taluks. Cotton is cultivated in Kovilpatti, Ottapidaram and Thoothukudi taluks. Groundnut cultivation is undertaken in Kovilpatti, Tiruchendur, and Sattankulam taluks. Groundnut cake is being used as manure and cattle feed. For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). ... Srivaikundam is a town in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on the banks of the river Thamirabarani. ... Binomial name (L.) R. Br. ... In Hebrew orthography, Niqqud or Nikkud (Standard Hebrew , Biblical Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew vowels) is the system of diacritical vowel points (or vowel marks) in the Hebrew alphabet. ... The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) defines pulses as annual leguminous crops yielding from one to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod. ... , Kovilpatti (கோவில்பட்டி in Tamil) is a town and a municipality in Tuticorin / Toothukudi District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Ottapidaram is the biggest taluk in Tamil Nadu state, India. ... This article is about peanut, the food. ...

With 35% share, the district is the top producer of Cumbu in Tamil Nadu.[1] Binomial name (L.) R. Br. ...

Palmyrah trees are grown mostly in Tiruchendur, Srivaikundam, Sattankulam and Vilathikulam taluks. Jaggery is produced from palmyrah juice; the production of jaggery is the main occupation of the people of Tiruchendur and Sattankulam taluks. Banana and other vegetables are raised in Srivaikundam and Tiruchendur taluks. The road going towards kulayankarisal from Thiruchendur has banana farms on one side and a salt farm on the other; each farm needs a different type of water. Thoothukudi is the largest exporter of Banana in Tamilnadu. Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid[1]), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order, Arecales. ... A block of Indian jaggery (gur) Cleaning of pans prior to manufacture of jaggery Preparation of jaggery Jaggery is the traditional unrefined sugar used in India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

Language

Main article: Tamil language

There is a tradition that the Tamil language originated from the Pothigai Malai, a hill situated in western Ghats near Papanasam, a small village in the Tirunelveli district. As per Brahminical legend, Lord Shiva sent the two saints Vyasa and Agatyar (in Sanskrit Agastya) to create the divine languages Sanskrit and Tamil. Agatyar came to Papanasam and established the Tamil culture from the Pothigai Malai. Tamil ( ; IPA: ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people, originating on the Indian subcontinent. ... , Papanasam is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... This article is about the Hindu God. ... Veda Vyasa(Contemporary painting) Vyāsa (DevanāgarÄ«: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions. ... In Hinduism, Agastya (अगस्त्य in devanagari, pronounced as /É™ gÉ™s tyÉ™/; also transliterated as Agathiar அகத்தியர் in Tamil, ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ in Kannada, Agasthiar, Agastyar and in other ways) is a legendary Vedic sage or rishi. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... In Hinduism, Agastya (अगस्त्य in devanagari, pronounced /É™ gÉ™s tyÉ™/) is a legendary Vedic sage or rishi. ...

Today the Tamil language as spoken in the Tirunelveli district is called as Nellai Tamil.Since Tamil is born in Pothigai Malai,Nellai Tamil is the first from of Tamil and pure form also.It is very sweetest from of Tamil.^{[citation needed]}Nellai Tamil is very fast compared to other type of Tamil.^{[citation needed]} The version spoken here is considerably different than.

Sailors

Tuticorin is known to produce some of the best sailors and Marine Officers of the world. Sailors from Tuticorin are highly recognised by all Crewing Companies.

Transport

1. Airport - is at Vagaikulam [From April 1, 2006, Airdeccan started daily flights to and from Chennai]. The Airport runway is being extended to facilitate landing of large airplanes and the night landing facility will be established soon.
2. Port - One among twelve major ports of India. It has one of the best container terminals in India and is operated by the Port of Singapore.
3. Rail - Connected by Broad Gauge Rail [Tirunelveli, Chennai, Mysore, Bangalore, Madurai and Trivandrum]. Tuticorin City Railway Station is declared as a Model Station^{[citation needed]} and several infrastructure developments are in process.
4. Road - Connected by National Highways with Madurai and Tirunelveli. At present the three roads connecting Thoothukudi with Madurai, Tirunelveli, and Ramanathapuram are being converted into four-lane highways.

the installation of Runway lighting system at airport has been completed on 22th feb 2008.

Education

Schools in Thoothukudi

1. APC Veerabahu Matric Higher Secondary School
2. Bharathiyar Vidhyalayam Higher Secondary School
3. BMC Matriculation Higher Secondary School
4. Caldwell Higher Secondary School
5. Charles Matriculation School
6. C.M. Middle School
7. C.M. Higher Secondary School
8. C.V. High School
9. Das Navis Matha Girls Higher Secondary School
10. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Harbour Matriculation School
11. Geetha Matriculation Higher Secondary School
12. Harbour Higher Secondary School
13. Holy Cross Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School
14. Holy Cross Girls Higher Secondary School
15. Johnson Nursery & Primary School
16. Eben Marticulation School
17. Kamak Matriculation Higher Secondary School
18. Karapettai Nadar Girls Higher Secondary School
19. Karapettai Nadar Boys Higher Secondary School
20. K.V.S Matriculation School
21. Leo Matriculation School
22. M.M. Matriculation School
23. St.Lasalle Higher Secondary School
24. Rosammal Memorial Higher Secondary School
25. S.A.V Higher Secondary School
26. Sakthi Vinayakar Hindu Vidyalaya
27. S.D.A Matriculation High School
28. Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School
29. Star Matriculation Higher Secondary School
30. St.Aloysious Girls Higher Secondary School
31. St.Francis Xavier Higher Secondary School
32. St.Joseph Girls Higher Secondary School
33. St.Mary's Boys Higher Secondary School
34. St.Marys Industrial School
35. St.Thomas Matriculation Higher Secondary School
36. Subbiah Vidyalayam Girls Higher Secondary School
37. Victoria Girls Higher Secondary School
38. Vikasa Hr. Sec. School
39. Virudhunagar Nadar Kamarajar Matriculation High School
40. X'n matriculation School

Colleges in Thoothukudi

Arts & Science

1. A.P.C. Mahalakshmi College
2. Bishop Caldwell Arts and Science College
3. Kamaraj College
4. St.Mary's College for Women
5. V.O.C. Arts & Science College

Education

1. Annammal College of Education for Women
2. V.O.C. College of Education
3. Holy Cross Home Science College

Medical

1. Government Medical College

Industrial

1. Government Polytechnic College
2. Samuel Polytechnic College
3. Chandy Pallar Polytechnic college
4. Devendrar I.T.I
5. Government Industrial Training Institute
6. A.C.Muthiah Vocational Training Centre

Other

1. Government Fisheries Institute
2. Government Music College
3. Tamilnadu Maritime Academy

Media

The city of Tuticorin has seven local TV Channels.

All India Radio is located in Tuticorin. It provides an international broadcasting service. Some new FM radio stations are in the process of coming on-air–Suriyan FM,Hello FM by Dina Thanthi group (is functioning since October 2007), Kal FM, Big FM .

Sports

Moses Jeevanandam, former student of Caldwell Higher Secondary School, represented India in basketball.

Shalini, former student of St. Mary's College, represented India in beach volleyball.

Kamaraj, former student of St. Xaviers Higher Secondary School, represented India in volleyball.

Others represented India in games including weightlifting, fencing and field hockey.

Tuticorin and its surroundings is called the nursery of volleyball.

In the 1980s, Tuticorin basketball coach Renga Chari, or "Chari", trained many basketball players in this region. Moses Jeevanandam is among them. Tuticorin

Piramanayagam, former student of St.Marys Boys hr sec school, reprensented India in kabbadi

Notable people from Thoothukudi

• Maaveeran Sundaralinga Kudumbanar World First Human Suicide Bomber

• Thalapathy Venni Kalady Brave Warrior

• Tyagi Vadivu World First Women Suicide Bomber

• Subramaniya Bharthiyar (1882-1921) - Born in Ettyapuram , Tuticorin District - Poet, Independence activist

• V.O.Chidambaranar - கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன் - First person in British India (includes now Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burma) to launch ship against British.

• Vanchi Nathan - Independence activist

• Sri Si. Pa. Aditanar - Founder of Daily Thanthi

• Cruz Fernandez was chairman of Tuticorin Municipality - Project of bringing water from Thambirabarani River to Tuticorin Town done in his tenure.

References

See also

• Ports in India

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