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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Azhagappapuram
| native_name =
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| other_name = Alagappapuram, Azhagai Mahnagar
| nickname = Azhagai
| settlement_type = [[panchayat town]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanniyakumari district|Kanniyakumari]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 8101
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 629401
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04652
| registration_plate = TN-74
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Tirunelveli]], [[Trivandrum]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 82%
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'''Azhagappapuram''' is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Kanyakumari district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located about five miles northwest of [[Kanyakumari]], the southern tip of India. It is one of the beautiful and model towns in the Kanyakumari district. It falls under the [[Agastheeswaram]] [[taluk]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. St. Antony's church stands in the middle, which is the major site of attraction of Azhagai.

==Location and transport==
It spans an area of about nine km<sup>2</sup>. [[Kulasekarapuram]] is situated in the south-west and [[Myladi, Tamil Nadu|Myladi]] in the north-west, near [[Suchindram]], [[Thovalai]], Kanyakumari and [[Vattakottai]]. [[Trivandrum International Airport]] is the nearest airport. [[Kanyakumari Railway Station]] serves the town. Azhagappapuram can be reached from Kanyakumari and Suchindram by road. National Highway 7 passes nearby.
Azhagai's main occupation is agriculture.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20090624103441/http://www.azhagaionline.com/

[[Category:Kanyakumari]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]

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>Mick Delantor at 16:32, 17 April 2019