Kottaikkadu is a small village in

Tuticorin district Thoothukudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters and largest city of the distric ...

(

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

), belongs to

Srivaikundam Tiruvaikuntam is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the river Thamirabarani. Tiruvaikuntam has a temple dedicated to Vishnu, known as Tiruvaikuntapathi Swami, with a lofty go ...

Taluk and Siruthonda Nallore panchayat.

Etymology

All four sides of the village are bounded by forest, so the village is named as Kottai Kadu. In Tamil, ''Kottai'' means "Fort" and ''Kadu'' means "Forest". * Nearest Town : Eral, Tuticorin * Nearest Railway Station: Tuticorin / Kurumbur / Tirunelveli / Tiruchendur * Nearest Airport: Tuticorin / Madurai / Trivandrum * STD Code: +91-4630

Village economy

Total number of houses are 150 and population is around 800, with 56% of Male and 44% of female. It is primarily an agricultural village. Mainly they are farming Rice, Banana and Coconut. It is an ever green village, at least one cow is in every family. All houses are electrified and own a television.

Education

All people have completed their primary education. Nowadays, all people have completed their 8th standard. A primary school is there, around 90 students (also from the nearby villages) are learning their primary education at this school. For higher education, they are going to various places like

Eral Eral is a town in the Tuticorin district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, an ...

(2 km), Sawyerpuram(6 km), Panikkanadarkudiyiruppu (8 km). Around 20 persons have completed their graduation in engineering. Every year at least 4 students are getting graduation in various disciplines of arts and science.

References

Villages in Thoothukudi district {{Thoothukudi-geo-stub