Kamanayakkanpatti
Village in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India
Kamanayakkanpatti is the latterday capital of Ezhasa Naadu, is now a village in the Kovilpatti Taluk, located in the Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu, and is famous for the Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Assumption. The Festival on the 15th of August is very popular, and is celebrated by people of the entire diocese.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Kamanayakkanpatti had a population of 2426. Males constitute 50.05% of the population and females 49.05%. Kamanayakkanpatti has an average literacy rate of 73.3%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. In Kamanayakkanpatti, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Geography
Kamanayakkanpatti is located at 9.07°N 77.93°E / 9.07; 77.93. It is a fast-growing small village located 14 kilometres to the south-east of Kovilpatti.
Kamanayakkanpatti is now a Gram panchayat, which includes one more nearby village, Ettunayakkanpatti.
History of Kamanayakkanpatti
After the Vijayanagara Kingdom captured Mathurai in 1371, most of the Paandiyan sub-kingdoms fell in their hands.
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