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Ottapidaram
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Taluk of Thoothukudi District
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  Ottapidaram Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°55′04″N 78°01′22″E / 8.9178881°N 78.0227137°E / 8.9178881; 78.0227137 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 7,963 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN |
628401
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| Telephone code | 0461 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 69 |
| Nearest city | Thoothukudi |
| Sex ratio | 500 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 90% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thoothukudi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ottapidaram |
| Climate | 28-42 (Köppen) |
Ottapidaram is a small town in Thoothukudi district and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk. Ottapidaram is a tourism centre with accessibility to many places in Tamil Nadu. ThoothukudiorTirunelveli can be easily accessed from anywhere and Ottapidaram is very close to these two places. The great freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai called VOC hails from Ottapidaram. VOC is also called as "Kappalottiya Tamizhan" because he launched one of the first shipping companies, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company which operated ship between Tuticorin and Colombo against the British during the rule in India.
Ottapidaram is located in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located at a distance of 36 km from Kovilpatti, 53 km from Vilathikulam, 56 km from Tirunelveli, 32 km from Thoothukudi, 99 km from Tenkasi and 135 km from Madurai.
Ottapidaram has two schools: V. O. C. Government Higher Secondary School and T. M. B. Mcavoy Rural Higher Secondary School.
The main attractions in Ottapidaram are
Panchalankurichi, 3 km (1.9 mi) from Ottapidaram, houses a fort constructed by the Tamil Nadu government in the place of the ruined fort constructed by Veerapandiya Kattabomman, who ruled from this place in the 17th century and fought against the British colonial rule. Portions of the original fort can be seen. Kattabomman worshiped at the Jakkammal temple in Panchalankurichi, which also survives.
Roadways: The city is connected with nearby towns like Kovilpatti, Tirunelveli, Maniyachi and district headquarters, Thoothukudi by the government and private bus services.
Railways: Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station south-east about 16 km, the railway junction connecting Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi. The railways will connect in 45 minutes of the journey to each of the corporation cities. (Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi) Southern railways is planning to lay double line for smooth movement of trains from VillupuramtoThoothukudi and the other phase from "Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station" to Kanyakumari, since long years....
Airways: The nearest domestic airport is Tuticorin Airport located at Vagaikulam about 26 km away from Ottapidaram.
The people here are mostly farmers and allied business people. The main agricultural plantations cultivate banana, rice, sugarcane, Greengram (pachchai payaru or paasi payaru or payirtham payaru (Tamil), Blackgram (uḷundhu), cotton, Chili pepper and sesame.
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