Kaliakkavilai | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 8.3228°N 77.1539°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanyakumari |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 13307 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Demographics1 Title2: | Minority |
Demographics1 Info2: | Malayalam |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | TN-75 |
Kaliakkavilai is a town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It lies on the Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari National highway 47.
India census,[1] Kaliakkavilai had a population of 13,307. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kaliakkavilai has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 74%. In Kaliakkavilai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.