Marakkanam

Marakkanam is a coastal

History

Marakkanam was connected to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh through the Buckingham Canal, a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal. The 110-km stretch from Marakkanam to Chennai is called South Buckingham Canal. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras). It was constructed by the British Raj, and was an important waterway during the late nineteenth and the twentieth century. Canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down, but later the usage has downgraded due to industrial pollution of water.

In 2013, a violent clash occurred in this town on the basis of caste, in which two people died.

Administration

Indian Postal code for Marakkanam is 604303.

Marakkanam panchayat town was divided into 56

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Marakkanam had a population of 19,153. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marakkanam has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Marakkanam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

• Salt Production (Largest Salt Production Happening Next to Tuticorin in every year)
• Fishing
• Agriculture

Schools

• Government Higher Secondary School
• Government Girls High School
• Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation School
• St.Joseph's Primary School (R.C.Primary School)
• Panchayat Union Elementary School
• ALM Matriculation School
• Bharathiyar Matric Higher Secondary school
• J.M.J. Matriculation and Higher l Secondary School
• Good shepherd primary school
• chanakiya vidhyasharam cbsc school

Hospitals

Government Hospital, Marakkanam (Near ECR bypass)

Road Connectivity

• 34 km from Tindivanam. It is well connected to the Tindivanam.
• All the buses plying through
  Pondicherry
  are connected to Marakkanam.
• Connected to Chennai and Pondicherry with government bus No 83A via Chengalpattu, Madhuranthagam, Soonambedu, Asappur, Allathur
• Connected to Chennai and Marakkanam with government bus No 188A via Kovalam, Mamallapuram, Kalpakkam, Kadapakkam
• Connected to Chennai and Cuddalore with government bus No 162 via Chengalpattu, Madhuranthagam, Soonambedu, Allathur

Adjacent communities

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References

1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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