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Elankadai

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Elankadai
town
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKanyakumari
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
629002
Telephone code04652 2
Vehicle registrationTN 74
Nearest cityNagercoil
Lok Sabha constituencyKanyakumari
Vidhan Sabha constituencyNagercoil

Elankadai is a well populated area about 3 km from the Nagercoil town in Kanyakumari district. It is located on the KanyaKumari State way via Manakkudy and about 18 km from the beach of Kanyakumari, 5 km from Chothavilai Beach and 10 km from Chankuthurai Beach. People following major Indian religion live in this area.

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The religious buildings in Elankadai are Bava Kassim Waliyullah Mosque, St. Antonys Church, Esakki Amman Temple, Masjid-ul-Anwar, Masjid-ul-Ashraf, and Masjidul Salaamath.

There are only a few schools in this area; though most of the children study in well known schools in Nagercoil town. Elankadai Government Middle School is one of the oldest schools in nagercoil and is situation on NH47. There is also Hannan Nursery School and Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar Government Higher secondary school.

The nearby hospitals are Abdul Kadir Hospital and Uga Sewa Hospital.