Udangudi
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Udangudi Jaggery place |
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| Village | |
 Udangudi
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| Coordinates: 8°26′00″N 78°01′00″E / 8.4333°N 78.0167°ECoordinates: 8°26′00″N 78°01′00″E / 8.4333°N 78.0167°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 19,738 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 628203 |
| Telephone code | 04639 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 69, TN 92 |
| Website | www |
Udangudi is a Panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a small village in Tamil Nadu, India situated near Thiruchendur. The village was once known for Vetrilai (betal leaves) and Karuppatti.
As of 2011[update] India census, Udangudi had a population of 19,738. Males constitute 49.92% of the population and females 50.07%. Udangudi has an average literacy rate of 93.18 %, very much higher than the state average of 80.09%: male literacy is 95.08%, and female literacy is 91.30%.
There is a famous church called St. Mark's Church which was established by Rev. Christian Samuel Kohlhoff.
Udangudi in British rule had railway line connected to Tiruchendur. This railway line was laid primarily to take advantage of collecting the Palm Juice extraction going around Udangudi and British established a Jaggery Factory near Kulasekaran pattinam for export market. Unfortunately, the factory became non-operational which resulted in non-usage of this railway line.
The entire town is an example of secularism with population of Muslims, Christians and Hindus distributed in equal proportions and the entire people live in harmony. T.D.T.A.Higher Secondary School is the oldest school for boys, Mary Ann Best Higher Secondary School for girls from which most people got educated and One more School Sri. Ramakrishna Chidhambareshwarer.Hr.Sec.School (Sri.R.K.C) is also there and there is most famous schools are there like St.Antony's RC Middle School, SaivaPrakasa Vidyasalai School, Anitha Kumaran Matric. Higher Secondary School. Najath School and Salma School etc.
Each place has one govt. primary School.
Years back Udangudi and its suburbs had a lot of Palmyrah groves, where the main occupation was to extract Palm Juice and prepare Karuppukatti or KarpagaKatti (Palm Jaggery, presumably karuppukatti is a transformed form for "Karumbukatti- sugar(cane)piece). More than a century back this centre was the place which catered to the Palm Jaggery requirements to the demands of South India and also Palm Jaggery requirements to several other countries where it was exported.
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