Chettikulam should not be confused with Chattikulam Chalakudy.
| Chettikulam pannaiyur | |
| Native Name Lang: | Tamil |
| Other Name: | Pannaiyur |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 8.1606°N 77.6158°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tirunelveli |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.36 |
| Elevation M: | 70 |
| Population Total: | 13866 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Tamilan |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 627120 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 04637-257198 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-72 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kanyakumari |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Tirunelveli |
Chettikulam is a small coastal village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1]
It is from Kanyakumari on the east coastal road connecting Kanyakumari with Thiruchendur. The nearest town is Nagercoil. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has built a large township known as Anuvijay Township for its employees near the village.
The village has a telephone exchange, bank (SBI Pandian Grama Bank), post office and four schools. Including the township, the population is nearly 28,000. Chettikulam has beach and pond. There is a family park in the beach, which used to be covered with coconut trees. The sea shore is the longest in Tirunelveli district. It is almost long. During festival times peoples from chettikulam as well as tourists gather here. The village is surrounded by agricultural lands.
People of Chettikulam basically worship and follows "kula theiva vazhibadu" all families here having their own kula theivam (Family Temple). Here Our god and we would eat Meat. People also follows Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.[2]
The village has a government higher secondary school in the bypass road with more than 5,000 students. The nearest colleges are at Kanyakumari, Palkulam (Anjugramam), Levengipuram, Nagercoil, Koothankuli, and Vadakkankulam.
The village has one Government Hospital near the bypass. It has also has a private clinic opposite to chettikulam panchayat office.