Kanam

Kanam is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

This article is about the town in Tamil Nadu. For the town in Kerala, see Kanam (Kerala). For other uses, see Kanam (disambiguation).

Kanam
Panchayat town
Kanam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8.545886°N 78.061964°E / 8.545886; 78.061964
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictThoothukudi
Area
 • Total4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,134
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
628201
Telephone code04639
Vehicle registrationTN 69, TN 92

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Kanam had a population of 3,134. Males constitute 47.4% of the population and females 52.5%. Kanam has an average literacy rate of 85.05 %, higher than the state average 80.09 % male literacy is 90.25%, and female literacy is 80.40 %. In Kanam, 9.29% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]

gollark: What, SGNS?
gollark: You ping the dimension's SGNS cluster, it sends back your calculated location and dimension by secure websocket.
gollark: SGNS *does* do some of the GPS requesting over SPUDNET websocket, that's how it's fairly secure.
gollark: Since occasionally I do need actual fairly secure things.
gollark: I design a lot of random secure-ish systems on top of it, like SPUDNET and SGNS.

References
  1. "Kanam City Population Census 2011 - Tamil Nadu". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 1 March 2018.


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