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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Marakkanam
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Viluppuram district|Viluppuram]]
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| elevation_m = 14
| population_total = 19153
| population_as_of = 2001
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Marakkanam''' is a coastal [[panchayat town]] & Taluk in [[Viluppuram district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is well connected to the state capital [[Chennai]] and the nearby union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] by the [[East Coast Road]]. To the west, Marakkanam is connected to the town of [[Tindivanam]] by the [[State Highway 134 (Tamil Nadu)|SH-134]]. Marakkanam is situated on the declared [[Inland Waterways Authority of India#National Waterway 4|National Waterways NW-4]]. On materialisation of National Waterways NW-4, Marakkanam will be connected to two states [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Kakinada) and Puducherry through north and south of [[Buckingham Canal]].
[[File:Marakkanam Panchayat Union.gif|thumb|right|Map indicating blocks of Marakkanam Village Panchayat]]

==History==
Marakkanam was connected to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh through the [[Buckingham Canal]], a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal. The 110-km stretch from Marakkanam to Chennai is called South [[Buckingham Canal]]. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras). It was constructed by the British Raj, and was an important waterway during the late nineteenth and the twentieth century. Canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down, but later the usage has downgraded due to industrial pollution of water.
[[File:National waterways NW-4.JPG|thumb|right|India's National Waterways NW-4 connects [[Kakinada]], in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. The waterway passes through [[Rajamundry]], [[Vijayawada]], Pedakanjam, [[Chennai]] and Marakkanam.]]

==Geography==
Indian Postal code for Marakkanam is 604303.

Marakkanam panchayat town was divided into '''56 [[Village panchayats|Village Panchayats]]'''.The following are the Village Panchayats under Marakkanam

{|

*Adasal
*Adavallikoothan
*Alankuppam
*Alapakkam
*Alathur
*[[Annamputhur]]
*[[Anumandai]]
*Asappur
*Athur
*[[Brahmadesam (Tindivanam)|Brammadesam]]
*Chettikuppam
*Cheyyankuppam

*[[Ekkiyarkuppam]]
*[[Endiyur]]
*Endur
*Eraiyanur
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|*kazhikuppam
*Jaggampettai
*Kandadu
*Kattalai
*kaippani nagar
*Kilarungunam
*Kiledaiyalam
*Kilpettai
*Kilputhuppattu
*Kilsithamur
*Kilsiviri
*Kolathur
*Koonimedu
*Kovadi
*Kurur
*Manur
*Molasur
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|
*Munnur
*[[Nadukuppam (Tindivanam)|Nadukuppam]]
*K.N Palayam
*[[Puduppakkam (Tindivanam)|pudhuppakkam]]
*Kandadu
*Nagalpakkam
*Nagar
*Nallalam.t
*Nallur
*Nalmukkal
*mandur
*Omippair
*Panichamedu
*Perumukkal
*Pudhupakkam.m
*Salavadi
*Singanur
*Thenkalavaii
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*Thennerkunam
*Thenpasar
*Urani
*Vada Nerkunam
*Vadaalappakkam
*Vadakottippakkam
*Vaidappakkam
*Vannippair
*Vengai
*Vittalapuram
*Siruvadi
|}

==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|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Marakkanam had a population of 19,153. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marakkanam has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Marakkanam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Major resources==
[[File:Marakkanam saltpans.jpg|thumb|right|Salt Production at Salt pans of Marakkanam]]
*Salt Production ('''Largest Salt Production Happening Next to Tuticorin in every year''')
*Fishing
*Agriculture
*Real Estate

==Temples==
*Arulmigu Boomieshwarar Temple ('''which was Built 1000 years back by Chola dynasty kings''')
*Arulmigu Varadharaja Perumal Temple ('''which was also Built 1000 years back by Chola dynasty kings''')
*Arulmigu Thropadhi amman Temple ('''25 days Festival Happening every year in the Month of MAY and JUNE''')

*Aadavaliswar temple in Munnur village ('''Temple was built by Chola king 2nd kulothunga Chola''')

==Masjids==
* Jamia Masjid, Salt Road (Masjid Street)
* Thazhan Kadu Masjid
* Chetti Nagar Masjid
* Seiyyankuppam Masjid
* Koonimedu Masjid
* Firdaws Nagar Masjid (Koonimedu)

==Churches==

*Our Lady of Immaculate church in Munnur village, which was built by Fr. Clement who belongs to MEP. Church was built on 1907.
* Church of Our Lady Maduranayagy, Marakkanam (Roman Catholic)
* [http://ljcph.blogspot.in/ Lord Jesus Christ's Prayer House, Thenpakkam (pentecost)]
* Lord Jesus Christ's Prayer House, Nadukuppam (Pentecost)
* A.G Church, Marakkanam
* Christ Church, Marakkanam (C.S.I)

==Schools==
* Government Higher Secondary School
* Government Girls High School
* Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation School
* St.Joseph's Primary School (R.C.Primary School)
* Panchayat Union Elementary School
* ALM Matriculation School
* J.M.J. Matriculation and Higher l Secondary School
* Good shepherd primary school
* chanakiya vidhyasharam cbsc school

==Hospitals==
Government Hospital, Marakkanam (Near [[East Coast Road|ECR]] bypass)

==Road Connectivity==
*34 km from [[Tindivanam]]. It is well connected to the [[Tindivanam]].
* All the buses plying through '''[[East Coast Road|ECR]]''' via Kovalam, [[Mamallapuram]], Kadapakkam Chennai to [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] are connected to Marakkanam.
* Connected to [[Chennai]] and Pondicherry with government bus No '''83A''' via [[Chengalpattu]], [[Madhuranthagam]], Soonambedu, Asappur, Allathur
* Connected to Chennai and Marakkanam with government bus No '''188A''' via Kovalam, [[Mamallapuram]], Kalpakkam, Kadapakkam
* Connected to Chennai and [[Cuddalore]] with government bus No '''162''' via Chengalpattu, Madhuranthagam, Soonambedu, Allathur

==Places near Marakkanam==
*[[Tindivanam]]
*[[Kalpakkam]]
*[[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]
Vennangupattu
*[[Ekkiyarkuppam]]
*[[Anumandai]]
*[[Koonimedu]]
*[[Murukkery]]
*[[Munnur]]
*[[Brahmadesam (Villupuram)|Brahmadesam]]
*[[Nagar-5 km from Murukkery towards North]]
*[[Nallalam]]
*Soonambedu
* Kadapakkam
* [[Alamparai Fort]]
*[[Vadanerkunam]]
*[[Alankuppam]]

== See also ==
*[[2013 Marakkanam violence]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Marakkanam}}

{{Villupuram District}}
{{Tamil Nadu Highway Network}}
{{Indian Waterways Network }}

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

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