Pattamadai | |
Other Name: | Pathamadai |
Settlement Type: | special grade town panchayath |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 8.6642°N 77.5822°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tirunelveli district |
Governing Body: | Town Panchayat |
Leader Title: | Panchayat president |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 61 |
Population Total: | 14965 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 627453 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04634 |
Registration Plate: | TN 76 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Palayamkottai, Ambasamudram |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 1:1 ♂/♀ |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 72% |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Tirunelveli |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank5 Info Sec1: | Ambasamudram |
Pathamadai or Pattamadai is a special grade town panchayath in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
India census, Pattamadai had a population of 14,965.[1] Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Pattamadai has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 66%. In Pattamadai, 11% of the population is under age 6.
Pathamadai has a mat industry which produces mats crafted out of korai grass (Reed plant) also called as Indian Chattai.[2] They are flexible and have been gifted to leaders like Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev.[3]