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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kayalpattinam
| nickname = Kayal
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8|33|59|N|78|6|59|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| government_type =
| governing_body = Kayalpattinam Municipality
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 12.5
| population_total = 40588
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Kayalar
| 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 = 628204
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04639
| registration_plate = TN 92 (Thiruchendur RTO)
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Thoothukudi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1000:1177 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 92.71%
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Thoothukudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukudi]]<br /> Formerly with [[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Tiruchendur (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
| blank6_name_sec1 = Civic Agency
| blank6_info_sec1 = Kayalpattinam Municipality
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]i
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Humid]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kayalpattinam''' (also known as '''Kayalpatnam''' or '''Kayalpattanam''') is a [[Municipality]] in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,588.

== History ==

Kayalpatnam has many Mosques (also known as ''Masjid''). Noted photographer [[Benoy K. Behl|Benoy Behl]] has made a film on Islamic Architecture of India, and he visited this Kayalpatnam Mosque.<ref>{{Citation|last=Indian Diplomacy|title=A World of Beauty and Grace: Islamic Architecture of India|date=2011-07-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWN9hywE4I&t=1m23s|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref>

[[Ibn Battuta]], the [[Muslim]] [[Marinid dynasty|Moroccan]] explorer has mentioned about Kayalpattinam (as called as Fatan) in his travel node [[The Rihla]] (lit. "Journey"). There exist a strong cultural connection exists between Kayalpatnam, '''Adirampattinam''' and [[Kilakarai]].

Also known as '''Kayal''', it is referred to in [[Marco Polo]]'s<ref>M. Polo refers in fact to [https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Pazhaiyakayal,+Tamil+Nadu+628152,+Inde/@8.6516262,78.0454588,12z Pazhaiyakayal (Old Payal)], which is 15 km north of actual Kayalpatnam. See [https://www.persee.fr/doc/befeo_0336-1519_1993_num_80_1_2596 Roderich Ptak, ''Yuan and Early Ming Notices on the Kayal Area in South India'', 1993].</ref> travel diaries dating to 1298 AD. Korkai,<ref>Korkai, mentioned by Ptolemeus, is 4 km S-W of Old Kayal. See Roderich Ptak, ibid.</ref> vaguthai or Kayal was an ancient port dating to the 1st centuries of the common era and was contemporaneous to the existence of [[Kollam]], another [[Pandyan]] port. [[Kollam]] served the Pandyas on the west coast while Korkai/Kayal served them on the east coast connecting them to [[Ceylon]] and the pearl fisheries in the [[Gulf of Mannar]] facing the [[Tirunelveli]] Coast. Arab traders from Egypt and Yemen landed at the port of Korkai (the present Kayalpatnam). some traders migrated to Adirampattinam. Strong trading connections existed with (Sri Lanka). There exist a strong cultural connection between Kayalpattinam, Adirampattinam and Kilakarai. Most of the Muslims here are matrilocal residents. The ancient port had trade connections with Egypt, [[Rome]] and Greece.

==Demographics==
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According to [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Kayalpattinam had a population of 40,588 with a sex-ratio of 1,082 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.<ref name="dashboard">{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> A total of 4,995 were under the age of six, constituting 2,548 males and 2,447 females. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] accounted for 7.37% and .01% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 81.3%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<ref name="dashboard"/> The town had a total of : 9417 households. There were a total of 11,414 workers, comprising 17 cultivators, 27 main agricultural labourers, 206 in house hold industries, 10,717 other workers, 447 marginal workers, 9 marginal cultivators, 4 marginal agricultural labourers, 30 marginal workers in household industries and 404 other marginal workers.<ref name=2011census>{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Kayalpattinam |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=700108 |publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2013 |access-date=26 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150243/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=700108 |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

As per the religious census of 2011, Kayalpattinam had 26.34% [[Hindus]], 67.24% [[Muslims]], 6.36% [[Christians]], 0.01% following other religions.<ref name=religion2011>{{cite web|title=Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu|year=2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|format=XLS|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>

==Culture==
Most of Muslims here follow [[Shafi‘i|Shafiee Madhab]] with [[Qadiriyya]] and [[Shadhili]]ya [[Tariqa]] (Sufi order) Qadiriyya tariqa connected to Mahlara and Shadhiliya tariqa connected to zaviya Faasiyatush shadhiliya Tariqa. Headquarters of this tariqa<ref>http://www.shazuli.com/aboutus.html</ref> in India [[Al Madrasatul Fasiyyah|Zaviathul Fasiyathus shathulia]] is located here. There are few followers of [[Ahl-i Hadith|ahle hadees]] also. [[Maqbara]] of Kazi Syed Alauddin brother of Kazi Syed Tajuddin the fore father of [[Madurai Maqbara]] Hazrats'<ref>http://maqbara.com/genealogy.php</ref> and of all the Syeds living in [[Kazimar Street]], Madurai is located here.

==Educational institutions==
* [[Al Madrasatul Fasiyyah]]
* [[Al Mahlarathul Qadhiriyyah]]
* Al Madrasatul Hamidhiyya
* Madrasathul Azhar li Thahfeezil Quraanil Kareem
* Da'wathul Huda
* Aroosul Jannah Women's Islamic college
* Ayisha Siddiqua women's Islamic college
* Al Kulliyathun Nasuhiyya women's Islamic college
* Muaskarur Rahman Women's Islamic college

== References ==
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{{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Thoothukudi district]]

Kayalpatnam - Revision history

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