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Palapallam is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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It is catalogued under the topic Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district.

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Place details

Locality
Kattukadai
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
16,691

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Air quality

52US AQIModerate
PM2.5
6.5 µg/m³
PM10
9.4 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Palapallam
Settlement.native_name_lang
Tamil
Settlement.settlement_type
panchayat town
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kanniyakumari
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
16638
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Tamil
Settlement.timezone1
IST
Settlement.utc_offset1
+5:30

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
6.25
Time zone
UTC+05:30
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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
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  • Demographics
  • References

Palapallam is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

==Demographics== India census, Palappallam had a population of 16,638. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Palappallam has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 50% of the males and 50% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palapallam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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