Sillanatham is a neighbourhood in

Ottapidaram taluk Ottapidaram taluk is a taluk of Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Ottapidaram Ottapidaram is a small town in Thoothukudi district and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk. Otta ...

in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.

Location

Sillanatham is located at an altitude of about with the geographic coordinates of () in the Thoothukudi district. The Thoothukudi district is southeast of the Tamil Nadu state.

Demographics

As of 2011, Sillanatham had a population of 1,594 of which males constituted 795 and females 799, with children representing 10.1% of the population. The literacy rate is 90.39%.

Industry

Sillanatham has an industrial estate of 380 acres owned by SIPCOT ( State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu) where the ground breaking ceremony was held on February 25, 2024, for manufacturing electric vehicles and batteries by the Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast and the SIPCOT (joint venture).

Politics

Sillanatham area falls under the

Ottapidaram Assembly constituency Ottapidaram State Assembly constituency is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha const ...

. Also, this area belongs to Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency.

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi