Madakulam

Madakulam is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Madakulam
Neighbourhood
Madakulam is located in Tamil Nadu
Madakulam
Madakulam
Madakulam, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates: 9.916055°N 78.090035°E / 9.916055; 78.090035
Country India
StateTamil NaduTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai district
Elevation
163 m (535 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625003
Telephone Code+91452xxxxxxx
Other NeighborhoodsMadurai, Simmakkal, Goripalayam, Yanaikkal, Nelpettai, East Gate, South Gate, Thathaneri, Koodal Nagar, Arappalayam, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, Palanganatham, Jaihindpuram, Pasumalai and Thiruparankundram
Municipal bodyMadurai Municipal Corporation
LSMadurai Lok Sabha constituency
MPS. Venkatesan
Websitehttps://madurai.nic.in

Madakulam is located at an altitude of about 163 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9.916055°N 78.090035°E / 9.916055; 78.090035.[8]

Madakulam has a tank (kanmoi - கண்மாய்) that supplies drinking water to Madurai City and its surrounding areas.[9][10][11][12]

In Madurai, road overbridge connecting Madakulam and T V S Nagar was constructed in the year 2015. The second arm (extension) of Madakulam and T V S Nagar bridge towards Jaihindpuram, of 251 m long, with the project cost of about ₹16.62 crore, is being in construction.[13]

References
  1. India Office of the Registrar General (1979). Census of India, 1971: Tamil Nadu. Manager of Publications.
  2. India Office of the Registrar General (1963). Census of India, 1961: India. Volume 1. Manager of Publications.
  3. India Census Division (1966). Madras. Office of the Registrar General.
  4. India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961. Manager of Publications.
  5. Pocu, Ce (1981). Tirupparankunram : Articles on references in ancient Tamil literature to Tirupparangunram, Hindu pilgrimage center, near Madurai, in Tamil Nadu (in Tamil). Tamilnatu Aracu Tolporul Ayvutturai.
  6. Can̲aṅkaḷum varalār̲um: colmarapin̲ maṭakkukaḷil ur̲aiyum varalār̲ukaḷ (in Tamil). Vallin̲am. 2004.
  7. Cōmale (1980). Maturai Māvaṭṭam (in Tamil). Kastūrpā Kānti Kan̲yā Kurukulam, Veḷiyīṭṭup Pakuti.
  8. "GeoHack - Madakulam". geohack.toolforge.org. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  9. தினத்தந்தி (9 September 2022). "நிரம்பி வரும் மதுரை மாடக்குளம் கண்மாய்". www.dailythanthi.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. S Sundar (29 September 2019). "So much is happening in Madurai's Madakulam tank". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. Staff Reporter (8 June 2022). "HC allows harvesting of natural fish in Madakulam kanmai till June 30". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. "பல ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பின் நிரம்பிய மாடக்குளம் கண்மாய் - மதுரை மக்கள் மகிழ்ச்சி!". News18 Tamil (in Tamil). 29 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. The Hindu Bureau (18 November 2022). "Construction of Jaihindpuram arm of Madakulam - TVS Nagar road overbridge begins". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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