Muttom, Kanyakumari

This article is about the village in Tamil Nadu. For the village in Kerala, see Muttom, Thodupuzha.
Muttom Coast


A scenic view of Muttom beach
Cleanliness of the beach
Muttom
முட்டம்
മറ്റ്‌ടം
village
Coordinates: +)_region:IN-TN 8°08′N 77°19′E / 8.13°N 77.32°E / 8.13; 77.32Coordinates: +)_region:IN-TN 8°08′N 77°19′E / 8.13°N 77.32°E / 8.13; 77.32
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanyakumari
Population (2012)
 • Total 15,000 +
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 629202
Telephone code 04651
Vehicle registration TN75
Nearest city NAGERCOIL,TRIVANDRUM

Muttom (Tamil: முட்டம்) is a village in the Kanyakumari District of the Tamil Nadu State, India. It is a well known for beautiful beach with some rocks and caves. The major occupation of people in Muttom is fishing. Muttom village is attracted by visitors because of its beautiful beach.[1] More than hundreds of people come to the beach every day and spending their time on the beach shore. Muttom harbor work has been under construction for last 3 years and was expected to be completed before end of 2014

Muttom Fishing Village

Geography

Muttom is one of the famous fishing village, located 16 kilometers from the capital town Nagercoil. Muttom is located at .[2] It is well connected by road to the Nagercoil town. It is approximately 75 km from the Trivandrum International Airport. It is reachable from Kanyakumari by road with a distance of about 34 km.Nearest villages are Esanthangu, Ammandivillai, Pillaithoppu, Azhikal, Kadiyapattanam & Manavala Kurichi. Major roads to reach Muttom via Ammandivillai, Esanthangu & Nagercoil. There is a lighthouse which is constructed by British India. The lighthouse, though near the sea, is situated 110 feet above sea level. The skeleton was built when India was part of the British Empire until 1947.

Muttom Lighthouse

Demographics

More than 99 percent of the village are Christians and they do a variety of jobs. Majority of the people are fishermen who do fishing related works. Most of the people are educated at least to the school level. As most of the residents are Catholics, it has a catholic administration committee which is elected democratically and headed by the parish priest of the All Saints Church.

The Thirunanthikarai Cave Temple is one of the founding stones of the Jain religion. Currently the Thirunanthikarai Cave Temple is under the purview and care of Archaeological Survey of India. According to research, in 1003 AD, King Raja Raja Chola celebrated his birthday here. He conquered Muttom, and named Mummudi Chola Nalloor as stated in the stone carvings available in the temple. Around the eighth century AD an ascetic named Veeranandi came from Thirunarunkondai Melappalli and stayed here to preach Jainism.


Education

Muttom has a primary school (St. John's primary school), managed by the catholic parish priest of MUTTOM and headed by the senior most teacher as Headmaster. There also is a higher secondary school by the name of All Saints Higher Secondary School and is managed by the Monfort Brothers. This school has long standing records in both sports and academics. There is a B.Ed college named after Bishop Agneswamy is also established recently and more educational institutions are expected in the coming years. English medium school namely the Model English School, provides a quality education to the children of Muttom as well as neighbouring villages, which is really a benefit to the small fishing villages.

Beach

Muttom sports a beautiful and tidy beach. Huge rocks standing at either sides of the beach give the beach a pristine look. Since the beach is usually less crowded, it makes an excellent spot for tourists to enjoy its beauty. There is also a children's park and a Christian retreat centre called the 'Rock Bible centre' just in view of the beach.

Reaching Muttom

Buses serving this village :

Nearest Rail Head

Nearest Airport

Nearest Seaport

Main town : Nagercoil for all kinds of accommodation and shopping. Just a 17 km away from muttom.

References

  1. ↑ "Muttom of Kanyakumari Tamilnadu". Tamilnadu.com. 20 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Muttom Point
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