词条 | Thenkalam |
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| name = Thenkalam | other_name = Tenkulam, Thengalam | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India | coordinates = {{coord|8|49|05|N|77|41|57|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name1 = Tamil Nadu | subdivision_name2 = Tirunelveli | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named for = | government_type = Gram Panchayat | governing_body = Thalaiyuthu Panchayat, Thenkalam Panchayat | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 79 | population_total = 5000 approx | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = Thenkalamite, Thenkalathaar, Thenkalathukaarar, Thenkalathukaaramma | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Native | demographics1_info1 = Tamil | demographics1_title2 = Official | demographics1_info2 = Tamil | demographics1_title3 = Additional Official | demographics1_info3 = English[1] | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = Pincode(s) | postal_code = 627357 | registration_plate = TN-72 | website = | footnotes = }} Thenkalam, officially called Tenkulam, is a village in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India. It lies about {{convert|13|km}} from the city of Tirunelveli and about {{convert|5|km}} from Sankarnagar, a suburb of Tirunelveli which lies on the way to Madurai on National Highway 44. EtymologyEven though the village is now widely known as Thenkalam, official records show that it was once called Tenkulam. Tenkulam must be the anglicized form of Thenkulam. Assuming this, Thenkulam can be broken into two words: Then & Kulam. 'Then' in Tamil refers to 'South' while 'Kulam' may refer to two things: Pond(குளம்) or a group of related people(குலம்). So, Thenkulam can be translated into English as 'Pond in the south' or 'People of the south'. It is to be noted that there is a large pond to the southeast of the village, Thalaiyuthu Kulam. GeographyThenkalam is located in a hillocky region being surrounded by two large hillocks: one to the east and the other one to the south. The eastern hillock is called Keezhamalai which is a mere translation (Keezha-East; Malai-Hillock). The southern hillock is similarly called Therkkumalai. The neighborhood of Therkkumalai Colony is located here. The village pond, Thalaiyuthu Kulam, is built by connecting the two hillocks with an embankment. It is a rain fed farm pond which acts as a direct source of irrigation for lands in the Keelapathu and also indirectly helps agriculture by increasing the water table which rises water levels in surrounding wells. Neighborhoods
Keezha Thenkalam, Periyar Nagar and Therkumalai Colony are predominantly occupied by people belonging to Hindu Pallar community, a Scheduled Caste. Mela thenkalam and Kamaraj Nagar are mixed with people belonging to various castes including Christians and Muslims. UtilitiesThenkalam houses a Post Office, a Bank, a Veterinary centre and a Common Service Centre for all type of online works in Prabha Computers etc., and hence is an important centre of business in the area. Electricity is supplied by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB). Thalaiyuthu Sub-Station of TNEB is the local body responsible for power supply in the village. TransportThenkalam is well connected with Tirunelveli Old Bus Stand by bus, average journey time being 40 minutes. Buses with boards of:
The nearest railway station is Talaiyuthu where only passenger trains stop. Tirunelveli Junction is the nearest major railhead with daily trains to Chennai, Bengaluru, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Coimbatore; weekly trains to Hyderabad, Kolkata and a bi-weekly to Delhi(Thirukural Express). The nearest airport, Tuticorin Airport, is connected with chennai by two daily flights. The nearest international airport is at Madurai. Schools
All the schools offer studies only up to class 5 above which one has to go to schools in neighbouring villages or towns. The last two of the four are Private Schools. Notable people
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf#page=137 |title=52nd report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2014 to June 2015) |date=29 March 2016 |work=Ministry of Minority Affairs (Government of India) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf#page=137 |archivedate=25 May 2017 |df=dmy-all }} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}2. ^http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/skin-deep/article5048748.ece 3. ^http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Former-judge-Ashok-Kumar-dead/article16502158.ece 1 : Villages in Tirunelveli district |
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