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| name = Chettikulam pannaiyur<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = Tamil<br />
| other_name = Pannaiyur<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = Peace before heavy rainfall.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = WNW view from Chettikulama at sunset<br />
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8|9|38|N|77|36|57|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
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| government_type = <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 8.36<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 70<br />
| population_total = 13866<br />
| population_as_of = 2011 census<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Tamilan<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 627120<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 04637-257198<br />
| registration_plate = TN-72<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Kanyakumari<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Tirunelveli<br />
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'''Chettikulam''' pannaiyur is a small coastal village in [[Tirunelveli district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chettikulam Map {{!}} India Google Satellite Maps|url=http://www.maplandia.com/india/tamil-nadu/tirunelveli-kattabomman/chettikulam/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.maplandia.com}}</ref><br />
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It is {{convert|12|km}} from [[Kanyakumari (town)|Kanyakumari]] on the east coastal road connecting Kanyakumari with [[Thiruchendur]]. The nearest town is [[Nagercoil]]. The [[Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant|Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project]] has built a large township known as Anuvijay Township for its employees in the village. <br />
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The village has a telephone exchange, bank ([[State Bank of India|SBI]] Pandian Grama Bank), post office and four schools. Including the township, the population is nearly 28,000. Chettikulam has beach and pond. There is a family park in the beach, which used to be covered with coconut trees. The sea shore is the longest in Tirunelveli district. It is almost {{convert|3|km}} long. During festival times peoples from chettikulam as well as tourists gather here. The village is surrounded by agricultural lands.<br />
==Culture==<br />
People of Chettikulam basically worship and follow "kula theiva vazhibadu." All families have their own kula theivam (family temple). Families often prepare and share meat offerings with their god'''.''' People also follow Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chettikulam Temple {{!}} Perambalur District, Government of Tamil Nadu {{!}} India|url=https://perambalur.nic.in/gallery/chettikulam-temple/|access-date=2020-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
The village has a government higher secondary school in the bypass road with more than 2,000 students. The nearest colleges are at [[Kanyakumari (town)|Kanyakumari]], Palkulam (Anjugramam), Levengipuram, [[Nagercoil]], Koothankuli, and Vadakkankulam.<br />
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==Hospital==<br />
The village has one Government Hospital near the bypass. It also has a private clinic opposite to chettikulam panchayat office.<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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