Enayam is a village in Killiyoor Block, located within the

Kanyakumari District Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nad ...

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State of

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Location

Enayam Puthenthurai is located west of district capital

Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...

and from the state capital,

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. Villages near Enayam include

Thengapattanam Thengapattanam (also referred to as "Thengapattinam", thennaipattinam" and "thenpattinam" ), named after dense coconut grooves, is a major trade and tourism centre in the painkulam panchayath along the coastal plains of Kanyakumari district. Th ...

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Midalam Midalam (sometimes known as Udayamarthandam) is a village in Killiyur block in Kaniyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 27 km towards west from District headquarters Nagercoil, 741 km from State capital Chennai, 55&n ...

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Painkulam Painkulam (Malayalam: പൈങ്കുളം) is a village in Panjal Grama Panchayat in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India. The village, situated on the shores of Bharathappuzha, is the birthplace of Late Raman Chakyar, who was ...

(), Killiyur (),

Thoothoor Thoothoor is a coastal town located in the southern district of Tamil Nadu, called Kanyakumari bordering the state of Kerala in India. Etymology The name Thoothoor has its roots in the Tamil words தூ/தூய்மை (Cleanliness/immacu ...

(), and Paloor (). Karungal,

Kollankodu Kollemcode (also spelled Kollencode, Kollangode, Kollamkode) is a municipality in Kanyakumari district, India. Kollencode is situated in Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It has 33 wards. It is a coastal village on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Kollamco ...

and Unnamalaikadai are other nearby cities. The village is bordered by the Munchira and Melpuram Blocks in the north and the Thackalai and

Thiruvattar Thiruvattar is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. About the town This town is situated north-east of Marthandam and north-west of Nagercoil. The two main rivers Pahrali River and Kothai surround the vil ...

Blocks in the east. It sits near the border of the

Kanniyakumari District Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Na ...

and

Thiruvananthapuram District Thiruvananthapuram District (), is the southernmost district in the Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is also Kerala's administrative centre. The present d ...

. It is located on the coast of the

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. Enayam Puthenthurai's village code is 227646 and its postal code is 629193. Its postal head office is in Keezhkulam.

Demographics

As per the 2011 census of India, Enayam Puthenthurai village has a total population of 13,097 people, including 6,650 males and 6,447 females. The main languages spoken in the village are

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Enayam Puthenthurai Gram panchayat

The Enayam Puthenthurai

Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

(village jury) consists of the Enayam Puthenthurai, Enayam Chinnathurai, Enayam, Helen Nager, and Ramanthurai villages. The Panchayat president is Mary Mallika Vimal Raj from Enayam Puthenthurai.

Enayam International Seaport project

The Enayam International Seaport is a proposed project planning to reclaim of land from the sea in three phases. The proposed port would have the capacity to handle around of cargo a year, and would gradually be upgraded to process a year. Because this project could affect the local peoples' livelihood, it was put on hold by the state and central governments of India. It was initially suggested that the project be built in the Colachel or the Enayam area. For the last three decades, locals have been requesting that the government build a fishing harbor, but the plans to construct a cargo harbor have not changed.

Notable Places in Enayam Puthenthurai

Schools in Enayam Puthenthurai

* St. Antony's Primary School *St. Antony's Higher Secondary School *St. Helena High School

Religious Tourist Destinations

*St. Antony's Church *Puthanthurai Jumma Masjid *Nagaraja Temple *Enayam Church

Notable banks

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*Fishery Community Society banks *

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References

{{Reflist Villages in Kanyakumari district