Muttom is a village in Kanyakumari District of the Tamil Nadu State, India

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Geography

Muttom is a fishing village, located 16 kilometers from the capital town Nagercoil

Nagercoil

Nagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...

. Muttom is located at 8.13°N 77.32°E. 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

Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari is a town in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is also sometimes referred to as Cape Comorin. Located at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, it is the geographical end of the Indian mainland. The district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called Kanyakumari...

 by road with a distance of about 34 km.

Demographics

More than 90 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.

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.

Reaching Muttom

Buses serving this village :

• From Nagercoil 5C, 14A, 14C, 14DV,14EV
• From Thuckalay & Monday Market (alias Thingalchanthai or Thingalnagar) 47,47C,12G
• From James Nager 14DV
• From kanyakumari SSS
• From Marthandam 46C

Nearest Rail Head

• Eraniel - 10 km a small crossing station
• Nagercoil - 18 km Junction Station for trains to all parts of India.

Nearest Airport

• Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) 80 km by road

Nearest Seaport

• Muttom - fishing harbour
• Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) - 120 km Cargo Ship international/domestic, plans to ply passenger ships between Srilanka and India

Main town : Nagercoil for all kinds of accommodation and shopping

External references

• Web Portal of Muttom by Bede Griffiths Charitable Trusts