Rajakkamangalam is a
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or Panchayat Union of
Kanyakumari
Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland Ind ...
district
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,
India
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. It is one of the nine administrative divisions of the
district of Kanyakumari. The current president of the Rajakkamangalam Panchayat is
R.Ayyappan. It includes the following 15 village panchayats,
# Athikkattuvilai
# Elluvilai
# Ganapathipuram
# Kanyakulam
# Kesavanputhenthurai
# Melekrishnanputhoor
# Manakudi
# Northsoorankudy
# Putheri
# Peruvilai
# Parakkai
# Pallamthurai
# Melasankarankuzhi
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Rajakkamangalam Thurai
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Rajakkamangalam Thurai is a village in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu state in South India .
Located on the Arabian Sea, the village is 10 km from the district capital, Nagercoil. ...
# Dharmapuram
#Azhathangarai
Research Centre:
Centre for Marine Science and Technology is the research centre of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University for coastal aquaculture and marine biotechnology research activities. The centre is recognized by DST-FIST, UGC-SAP, DRS by the Government of India. The centre is one of the very few institutes in India offering M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D in marine biotechnology. The centre is the offshoot of Madurai Kamaraj University, and later it was formed as the Institute of Artemia Research and Training inaugurated by Dr. J. Jayalalitha during early 1990s and later renamed as the Institute of Coastal Area Studies, and now is called the Centre for Marine Science and Technology with advance research activities in the areas of marine microbiology, nanobiotechnology, marine pharmacology, marine biodiversity, micro-algal technology, molecular biology, etc.
The Rajakkamangalam estuary and Azhathangarai marsh land contains a coastal ecosystem with a mangroves habitat, sand dunes and sea turtle breeding site near Azhathangarai beach. The Rajakkamangalam estuary and Azhathangarai marsh land is considered one of the breeding and feeding grounds for many birds like painted stork, cormorant, spot billed pelicans, purple swaphen, dabchick, garganey, purple heron, open bill stork, black winged stilt, etc.
References
Official Web Portal of Kanyakumari District
Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district
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