Rajakkamangalam is a block or Panchayat Union of Kanyakumari district, India. It is one of the nine administrative divisions of the district of Kanyakumari. The current president of the Rajakkamangalam Panchayat is R.Ayyappan. It includes the following 15 village panchayats,

  1. Athikkattuvilai
  2. Elluvilai
  3. Ganapathipuram
  4. Kanyakulam
  5. Kesavanputhenthurai
  6. Melekrishnanputhoor
  7. Manakudi
  8. Northsoorankudy
  9. Putheri
  10. Peruvilai
  11. Parakkai
  12. Pallamthurai
  13. Melasankarankuzhi
  14. Pannaiyoor
  15. Rajakkamangalam Thurai
  16. Dharmapuram
  17. Azhathangarai
Rajakkamangalam
Rajakkamangalam is located in Tamil Nadu
Rajakkamangalam
Rajakkamangalam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°07′51″N 77°22′12″E / 8.130821°N 77.369907°E / 8.130821; 77.369907
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKanniyakumari
Population
 (2001)
 • Total8,978
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
629 503

Research Centre: Centre for Marine Science and Technology is the research centre of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University for coastal aquaculture and marine biotechnology research activities. The centre is recognized by DST-FIST, UGC-SAP, DRS by the Government of India. The centre is one of the very few institutes in India offering M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D in marine biotechnology. The centre is the offshoot of Madurai Kamaraj University, and later it was formed as the Institute of Artemia Research and Training inaugurated by Dr. J. Jayalalitha during early 1990s and later renamed as the Institute of Coastal Area Studies, and now is called the Centre for Marine Science and Technology with advance research activities in the areas of marine microbiology, nanobiotechnology, marine pharmacology, marine biodiversity, micro-algal technology, molecular biology, etc.

The Rajakkamangalam estuary and Azhathangarai marsh land contains a coastal ecosystem with a mangroves habitat, sand dunes and sea turtle breeding site near Azhathangarai beach. The Rajakkamangalam estuary and Azhathangarai marsh land is considered one of the breeding and feeding grounds for many birds like painted stork, cormorant, spot billed pelicans, purple swaphen[check spelling], dabchick, garganey, purple heron, open bill stork, black winged stilt, etc.

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