Kaliakkavilai is a town panchayat in
Kanyakumari district
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in the
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Tamil Nadu
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, close to the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It lies on the Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari National highway 47.
Demographics
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,
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.
persons.
References
Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district
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