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Madathattuvilai
Village
Madathattuvilai
MadathattuvilaiLocation in Tamil Nadu, IndiaShow map of Tamil NaduMadathattuvilaiMadathattuvilai (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 8°13′11″N 77°20′49″E / 8.2196°N 77.3469°E / 8.2196; 77.3469
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanyakumari district
Population
• Total	7,000
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	629180
Telephone code	91-4651
Vehicle registration	TN-75
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanyakumari
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Colachel

Madathattuvilai is a village under Villukuri Panchayat in Kanyakumari district, the southernmost district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. 370+ residents of Madathattuvilai have donated their eyes in last one decade and making it a trailblazer among cities and towns across the country.

St. Sebastian Church and Festival

St.Sebastian Church situated right in the center of the village, is also an important social center that plays a very important role in the lives of the people in the village. St. Sebastian Church Festival lasts for ten days and draws crowds from surrounding areas for the music, drama and fireworks that add color to this religious event. The festival dates are based on the St. Sebastian Feast (20 January); i.e. 20 January is between the 3rd day to 8th day of the festival.

Eye Donation

As many as 370+ people in the village have donated their eyes over the past 16 years turning Madathattuvilai into a trendsetter in creating awareness on eye donation. About 95% of those who die donate their eyes and 3,000 enrolled for eye donation, most of them were young.

Education

Madathattuvilai peoples are Highly educated. The literacy rate is 100%. At present the village has one teacher or lecturer or college professor in each household. The village produces many Teacher, Lecturer, lawyers, college professors, and government employees, including military and paramilitary service and State Administrative Service personnel. The graduates are multiplied every year. For example Doctorate (both Arts and Science) candidates are approximately 50 in the village.

Education Institutes

• St.Sebastian Matriculation School
• St.Sebastian Matric High School
• St.Aloysius Primary School
• St.Lawrence Higher Secondary School ( which is one of the oldest high schools in the area)
• Mother Gnanamma Catholic College of Education
• St.Sebastian Career Academy
• Adline Matric Higher Secondary School

Culture and Religion

The village, being predominantly Roman Catholic and belong to the Nadar caste..All the people of this village worships St. Sebastian church,Madathattuvilai

References

1. "This Village With an Eye Donor in Every Home is an Example For All of India". thebetterindia.com/. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
2. "With 229 Organ Donors, This Tamil Nadu Village Is Leading The Way In Eye & Body Donation". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
3. "This Tamil Nadu village shows the way in eye donation". Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links

• Madathattuvilai Official Website

v t e Kanyakumari district
History	Travancore Battle of Colachel Travancore–Cochin
Administration	Taluks Agastheeswaram Kallkkulam Thovalai Vilavancode Thiruvattar Killiyoor Blocks Agastheeswaram Killiyoor Kurunthancode Melpuram Munchirai Rajakkamangalam Thiruvattar Thovalai Thuckalay Municipalities Colachel Kuzhithura Kollankodu Padmanabhapuram Municipal Corporation Nagercoil Town Panchayat Agastheeswaram Aloor Anjugramam Aralvaimozhi Arumanai Asaripallam Attoor Azhagappapuram Azhagiapandiapuram Boothapandi Edaikodu Eraniel Ezhudesam Ganapathipuram Kadayal Kaliyakkavilai Kallukuttam Kanyakumari Kappiyarai Karungal Keezhkulam Killiyur Kodimunai Kollancode Kothanallur Kottaram Kulasekaram Kumarapuram Manavalakurichi Mandaikadu Marthandam Marungoor Mulagumudu Myladi Nallur Neiyyur Pacode Palapallam Pazhugal Ponmanai Puthalam Pudukadai Reethapuram South Thamaraikulam Suchindram Thalakudi Thengampudur Theroor Thingalnagar Thirparappu Thiruvattar Thiruvithamcode Unnamalaikadai Valvaithankoshtam Vellimalai Verkilambi Vilavoor Villukuri Revenue divisions Nagercoil Padmanabhapuram
Religious sites	Thanumalayan Temple Kumarakoil Marunthuvazh Malai Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple Nagaraja Temple Our Lady of Ransom Church, Kanyakumari St. Arockiya Nathar Church, Vavathurai Pancha pathi Peer Mohammed Dargah Sivalayams Adikesava Perumal Temple St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar Swamithope pathi Thirunadhikkara Thiruppathisaram Thirucharanathumalai Chitharal Jain Monuments
Tourism	Kanyakumari Kalikesam Mathur Aqueduct Mukkadal Dam Muttom Olakaruvi Padmanabhapuram Palace Pechiparai Reservoir Sothavilai Beach Thirparappu Udayagiri Vattakottai Fort Vattakottai Vattaparai Falls
Education	Colleges Cape Institute of Technology Bishop Agniswamy College of Education CSI Institute of Technology Malankara Catholic College Nesamony Memorial Christian College Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education Ponjesly College of Engineering Scott Christian College S.T. Hindu College St. Xavier's College of Engineering Amrita College of Engineering & Technology University College of Engineering,Nagercoil Schools Carmel Higher Secondary School Excel Central School Excel Global School Scott Christian Higher Secondary School
Railway stations	Eraniel Kanniyakumari Kuzhithura Kuzhithurai West Nagercoil Junction Nagercoil Town Viranialur
See also: List of villages in Kanyakumari district

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• Villages in Kanyakumari district