Thingalnagar
Thingalnagar is a town panchayat located in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Thingalnagar Monday Market | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s): Thingal Santhai | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 12,554 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
The origin of the name "Thingalnagar" ("Monday Market" in English) is that every Monday, the market gathers with people from several nearby villages, wholesalers, and farmers for trading. Markets can be found in Thingalnagar selling fresh marine fish, vegetables, and pets.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Census of India,[1] Thingalnagar has a population of 12,554. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Thingalnagar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 76%. In Thingalnagar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
Temples
- Radhakrishnan Temple
- Placcode mutharamman temple
Churches
- Suvartha House of Worship, West Channel St., Neyyoor
- Church of South India, Neyyoor
- Full Gospel Church of God, Neyyoor
- The Pentecostal Mission, Neyyoor
gollark: Stuff like `fread` (my terrible name for "read file to string"), `fwrite` (write string to file), `fetch` (send GET request to given HTTP address and return string result), `copy` (deep-copy a table), etc.
gollark: Loads of my projects contain copy-pasted functions to make that sort of thing mildly more convenient.
gollark: Library idea: a convenient utility library for stuff like writing/reading files (as text/JSON/table format/whatever), HTTP requests, and other random stuff.
gollark: The server decides what to send you and when and also decides what to do with your messages.
gollark: You can't just receive messages through them without doing anything, you *connect* to a websocket server and then receive messages and can also send them.
References
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.