Thiruppalaikudi

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Thiruppalaikudi
Nickname:  TPK
Coordinates: 11°55′N 78°20′E / 11.917°N 78.333°E / 11.917; 78.333
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Taluka	R.S.Mangalam
Government
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,824
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area code	04561

Thirupalaikudi (natively known as TPK) is a small town in R. S. Mangalam Taluka in Ramanathapuram District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1]

It is near the Bay of Bengal and features a humid climate. It is located 24 kilometres north of District headquarters Ramanathapuram and 480 kilometres from State capital Chennai. Thiruppalaikudi is surrounded by Ramanathapuram, Devipattinam, Thondi, R. S. Mangalam, Nambuthalai

Thirupalaikudi is located marine landscape, the people of this village earn their main income from fishing, and they also earn income through self-employment such as animal husbandry, agriculture, construction, and part-time wage work such as salting and shrimp farming, Apart from being an area with less natural resources and water resources, a certain percentage of the men from this village earn their income in the Persian Gulf region, Southeast Asian countries, America and Europe as a migrate workers.