Arumanai

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?Arumanai Tamil Nadu • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	10.5 km² (4 sq mi) • 260 m (853 ft)
District(s)	Kanniyakumari
Population • Density	14,576 (2001) • 1,388 /km² (3,595 /sq mi)
Codes • Pincode	• 629151

Arumanai is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 Agriculture
4 Education
5 References

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Arumanai had a population of 14,576. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Arumanai has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 52% of the males and 48% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Geography

It is now a first grade panchayat town. The largest river of Kanyakumari district, the Kodayar, flows along the town's north-easetern and eastern boundary. Besides, two small brooks, the Kandasankadavu brook and Poovampara brook,(small tributaries of the Kodayar) flow through the town.

[edit] Agriculture

The town and its surroundings are very fertile and all species of flora of the West Coast grow here. However, the introduction of rubber cultivation in the hilly and semi-hilli areas of the district in the 1950s had marked a change in the utilization of the cultivable lands. Now rubber is raised as the main agricultural crop in almost all the villages and panchayat towns of Vilavancode taluk and Kalkulam taluks of the district. Arumanai is in Vilavancode taluk and since it is very close to the foothills of the Western Ghats, all the available lands in the town have been used for raising rubber.

[edit] Education

The Kanyakumari District unit of Nair Service Society has founded a college of arts and science namely Veluthampi Memorial College of Arts and Science at a picturesque area of this town. It offers degree courses in disciplines such as commerce, computer science, physics, michrobiology and biotechnology. It has been affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University of Tirunelveli.