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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chenkody
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| settlement_type = town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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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 = [[Kanyakumari District|Kanyakumari]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 4000
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| population_density_km2 = 30
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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 = 629177
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04561
| registration_plate = TN 75
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 5:3 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 24%
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Kanyakumari
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Padmanabhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Padmanabhapuram]]
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'''Chenkody''' is a village located 5 km east of [[Thiruvattar]] in the [[Kanyakumari District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pincodeindia.in/tamil-nadu-pin-code/Chenkody-Kanyakumari.html|title=Chenkody Pin Code|publisher=PinCodeIndia.in|accessdate=2009-10-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180856/http://www.pincodeindia.in/tamil-nadu-pin-code/Chenkody-Kanyakumari.html|archivedate=2011-07-21}}</ref> The village is part of the [[Kallkkulam]] taluk. Chenkody is part of the [[Padmanabhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Padmanabhapuram legislative assembly constituency]].<ref name="elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/BLO_list/ac232.pdf|format=pdf|title=Padmanabhapuram Assembly Constituencey|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu|accessdate=2009-10-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619101835/http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/BLO_list/ac232.pdf|archivedate=2009-06-19}}</ref>

Chenkody is home to the 1200-year-old [[Mutathura Mahadever Temple]]. It is also home to [[paddy field|paddies]], [[banana]], [[tapioca]], [[coconut]], and [[rubber]] plantations. Neighboring villages name are [[Ottalivilai]], [[Vadakkanadu]], Kotaravilai, Mangattukadai, Kumarankudi, Kaiyalavilai, and Pullani.

==Facilities==
* Chenkodi has a post office at Kumarankudy (branch office of the [[Thiruvattar]] post office).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/pinsearch.aspx?Pin_On=Chenkody|title=India Post - Chenkody|publisher=Department of Posts, [[Government of India]]|accessdate=2009-10-08}}</ref>
* Chenkodi has one secondary school - Mahadeva Vilasam High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schools.tn.nic.in/DispSchoolsUrban.asp?DCODE=30&VTCODE=43005055&SCHCAT=03|title=List of Secondary School(s) in Verkilambi|publisher=Department of School Education, Government of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=2009-10-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410202934/http://www.schools.tn.nic.in/DispSchoolsUrban.asp?DCODE=30&VTCODE=43005055&SCHCAT=03|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.indiastudychannel.com/india/cities/82584-Chenkody.aspx Chenkody on India Study Channel]

[[Category:Villages in Kanyakumari district]]

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