Meenakshipuram is a neighbourhood of

Nagercoil Nagercoil, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil (, "Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a Municipal Corporation city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the ...

, in Kanniyakumari district of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. 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 Indi ...

state in the peninsular

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. It is located at an altitude of 46 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of (i.e., 8.182611°N, 77.435708°E).

Kottar Kottar is a locality and a bazaar area of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu state, in the southernmost part of Peninsular India; though a part of Nagercoil today, it is the original town around which the city of Nagercoil grew. It was an ancient trade cent ...

Vadiveeswaram Vadiveeswaram is a village, now part of the town of Nagercoil, in Kanyakumari district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village was originally an agraharam, or a traditional double line of houses occupied by Brahmins and flanking ...

Vadasery Vadasery is an area/village of Nagercoil city in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. It is also famous for its Christopher (mofussil) bus stand, one of the two bus termini in Nagercoil is located here. Long route (mofussil) buses to other distric ...

, Edalakudy,

Elankadai Elankadai is a village about 3 km from the Nagercoil town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on the KanyaKumari State way via Manakkudy and about 18 km from the beach of Kanyakumari, 5 km from Chothavilai ...

and

Suchindram Suchindram is a panchayat town in the Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari district, district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu with the Indian postal code 629704. It is an important pilgrim centre and the site of the famou ...

are some of the important neighbourhoods of Meenakshipuram. Historical

Clock Tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building ...

is built in Meenakshipuram.

State Express Transport Corporation State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) Limited - (SETC) is a state-owned transport corporation that runs long-distance mofussil services exceeding 300 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu and major cities in adjoining state ...

has a Bus depot in Meenakshipuram. There is a Bus Terminus viz., Anna Bus Stand which is situated on Cape road. Meenakshipuram area falls under the

Nagercoil Assembly constituency Nagercoil is an assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of sta ...

. The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is M. R. Gandhi. Also, this area belongs to

Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. Assembly segments Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following legislative assembly ...

Vijay Vasanth Vijay Vasanth (born Vijayakumar Vasanthakumar on 20 May 1983) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament from Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency. He contested and won the bypoll that took place for Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency ...

won the 2019 elections, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency.

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