D. Senthil Kannan

There are 3 theories as to the origin of the name:

Thoothu (Dig) + Kudi (Drink) - As there were no rivers people had to dig borewell, to drink water

"Thoortha ( reclaimed) + Kudi“ (Settement) - Settlement built on land reclaimed from sea.

“Thoothuvan” ( Messenger) + “Kudi” (Camp) – In Ramayana, Hanuman camped here on his journey to Srilanka in search of Sitadevi.

The early name was “Thirumandhiranagar”

About Tuticorin

Location Located in the Gulf of Mannar

Area - Tuticorin District 4621 Sq.k.m (Tuticorin 206.31 sq km)

Population Thoothukudi District -15.72 lakhs ( 2001)Thoothukudi - 4.05lakhs ( 2001)

Coastal line 135 Kms.

Temperature Hot & humid Summer: 40.5°C to 29.5°C, Winter: 26.7°C to 18.4°C

Average Annual Rainfall

661.6 mm

Natural Resource Concentration of heavy minerals like ilmenite, garnet, zircon, rutile tourmaline, monazite, sillimanite, leucoxene, epidote, kyalnite, hornblends

Location

It is one of the oldest seaports in the world and was the seaport of the Pandyan kingdom after Korkai (old pandya capital). 550BCE to 15th Century.

The place was famous for its pearl diving, fishing and ship building since old days.

Taken over by Portuguese in 16th century ( 1548) – 110yrs

Taken over by Dutch in 17th century (1658) – 167 yrsTaken over by British in 19th century ( 1825) – 117 yrsThoothukudi became the centre of the Indian

Independence Movement in the early 20th century, with many leaders like VOC, Subramanya Bharathi etc .

Thoothukudi was established as a Municipality in 1866 with Roche Victoria as its first chairman. It attained the status of Corporation on August 5, 2008 after 142 years

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No.Revenue Divisions

Taluks comprised in the Revenue

Division

1. Thoothukudi                               

a. Thoothukudib. Srivaikundam

2. Tiruchendura. Tiruchendurb. Sattankulam

3. Kovilpatti

a. Kovilpattib. Ettayapuram

c. Vilathikulam

d. Ottapidaram

Parliamentary Constituency

1.     Thoothukudi     

 Assembly Constituencies

1. Vilathikulam

2.Thoothukudi 

3.Tiruchendur

4.Srivaikundam

5.Ottapidaram

6. Kovilpatti             

Industries

•VOC Port

•Thermal Power Station

•SPIC fertilizer plant

•DCW

•Kilburn Chemicals

•Madura Coats

•Sterlite Copper Industries

•TAC Ltd.

•Heavy Water Plant

VV Minerals

Sivanthi Joe Coir

Nila SeaFoods

Ramesh Flowers

Loyal Textiles

Agsar paints

Venus Water heaters

VVD Coconut Oil

Maris Associates

BIO foods – Gengki Tea

Land Utilization

Category Area in hectares Percentage

Geographical area 4,59,054 100%

Forest    11.002  2.4%

Barren uncultivable Land    19.944 4.3%

Non-agricultural Land    68.573 15%

Cultivable waste Land    20.154 4.4%

Permanent pastures and othergrazing Land

    5.052 1.1%

Net area sown 1,88,296 42.0%

The net area sown is 42.0% which indicates the predominance of agriculture in the district.

Agriculture

Tourist Destination

Mode of Transport

State Highways 405.15 kmMajor district roads 202.05 kmOther district roads 1380.63 km*Four laning of NH 7A (53 Kms) – (Tuticorin – Tirunelveli)*Four laning of NH 45B (123 Kms) – (Tuticorin – Madurai)

Roads

A Broad Gauge single line connects Madurai to Bangalore via Dindigul - Karur – Erode – Salem

A Broad Gauge single line connects Madurai- Tiruchi -Chennai

Railways

Airports

Tuticorin airport is located 10 km from ThoothukudiMadurai 140 KmThiruvananthapuram 249 KmTiruchirapally 228 KmBangalore 468 Km

Hospitals & Health Care

Medical facilitiesImportant Hospitals

The effective literacy percentage of the district, excluding children in the age group of 1 to 6, is 74%.

Tuticorin district ranks 2nd in literacy rate in

Tamilnadu                     

Tuticorin and its surroundings is called the nursery of volleyball

Tharuvai stadium is maintained by Sports Development Authority of TN.

400m Athletic track 25m Swimming pool, a Basketball court, a Boxing ring a Football ground, 2 Hockey grounds, a Multi Gym a Squash court, a Synthetic Hockey training ground a Volleyball court

Pigeon Racing is one of the favourite past time in Tuticorin, which has roots back to 18th century.  

Pigeon race, is organised January to April where the pigeon fanciers compete with their pigeons for short, middle and long(1500 km) distance pigeon racing.

Port Trust BeachHare IslandRoche ParkTharuvai GroundsCinema HallsShopping - WGC Road

& VE Road & Bala Vinayagar Koil Street

DSF Grand Plaza

SaltPortFishV.O.ChidhambaranarMacroons/ Rich Plum CakesNight Clubs/ Parotta StallsSterlite CopperSPICThermal Power StationDried Flowers

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