R. S. Mangalam

R. S. Mangalam
இராஜசிங்கமங்கலம்
Raja Singa Mangalam
city
R. S. Mangalam

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 9°24′N 78°31′E / 9.40°N 78.51°E / 9.40; 78.51Coordinates: 9°24′N 78°31′E / 9.40°N 78.51°E / 9.40; 78.51
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Population (2001)
  Total 11,044
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 623525
Telephone code 04561

R. S. Mangalam is a panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census,[1] R. S. Mangalam had a population of 11,044. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. R. S. Mangalam had an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 73%, and female literacy was 62%; 12% of the population was below age 6.

R. S. Mangalam Big Tank is the second largest water storage tank in the State of Tamil Nadu [2][3][4]

Education

List of Schools in R. S. Mangalam:

Temples

Festivals

The most famous festival of R. S. Mangalam is Throvpathi Amman Temple festival. It is conducted by 18 villages. The festival is celebrated for more than 18 days. The highlight of the festival is Beman makeup (veemesam): the village people are made up like Bemen Throupathi round around their village and then go to the temple. At the end, Pookkuli festival is celebrated with the whole neighbor villages.

Banks

State bank of India

Address DD main road, R.S.Mangalam

MICR code 623002057

IFSC SBIN0014502

On all working days gold loans are given.. gold loans are sanctioned and disbursed very quickly with low interest rates.

References

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