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Kodimunai
Kodimunai
village
	Kodimunai Location in Tamil Nadu, India Kodimunai Kodimunai (India)
	Coordinates: 8°10′N 77°14′E / 8.17°N 77.24°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population (2012)
• Total	9,078(estimation)
Languages
• Official	Tamil and malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	629251
Website	www.kodimunai.com

Kodimunai is a village located 22 km north-west of Kanyakumari at Southern Arabian seashore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The nearest major city is Thiruvananthapuram (capital of India state of Kerala) around 68 km from here. There is a rock located offshore which is the second largest rock in Tamil Nadu.

Geography

Kodimunai is located at 8°10′N 77°14′E / 8.17°N 77.24°E / 8.17; 77.24.

Demographics

As of 2010^[update] Population count, Kottar Diocese census,^[1]^{[better source needed]} Kodimunai had a population of 7250(estimated). Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. This consists of around 2,200 families. Kodimunai has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kodimunai, Majority of the population belong to the Roman Catholic Mukkuvar community.

Local economy

A significant number of the residents of Kodimunai have jobs related to fishing. This includes deep sea fishing, shallow water fishing, fishing from the shore (known as karamadi in the local language), fishing with mechanized boats, exporting fish, etc. Many of them work in a number of other fields like IT, medicine, education, engineering, trading, cargo shipping, etc. However, there is no noticeable local industry except for fishing^{[inconsistent]}. even most of the people discovered the passion towards fishing.