Elankadai | |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanyakumari |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 629002 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04652 2 |
Registration Plate: | TN 74 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Nagercoil |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kanyakumari |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Nagercoil |
Elankadai is a well populated area about 3 km from the Nagercoil town in Kanyakumari district. It is located on the KanyaKumari State way via Manakkudy and about 18 km from the beach of Kanyakumari, 5 km from Chothavilai Beach and 10 km from Chankuthurai Beach. People following major Indian religion live in this area.
The religious buildings in Elankadai are Bava Kassim Waliyullah Mosque, St. Antonys Church, Esakki Amman Temple, Masjid-ul-Anwar, Masjid-ul-Ashraf, and Masjidul Salaamath.
There are only a few schools in this area; though most of the children study in well known schools in Nagercoil town. Elankadai Government Middle School is one of the oldest schools in nagercoil and is situation on NH47. There is also Hannan Nursery School and Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar Government Higher secondary school.
The nearby hospitals are Abdul Kadir Hospital and Uga Sewa Hospital.