Thovalai taluk is a taluk of Kanyakumari district

Kanyakumari District

Kanyakumari District ) is a district of Tamil Nadu state, India and is the southernmost land area of mainland India.The district is the second most urbanised district in Tamilnadu, next only to Chennai and ahead of Coimbatore. It also has the highest literacy and education levels in the...

 of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Boothapandi

Boothapandi

Boothapandi, Bhoothapandi, Bhoothapandy or Bhuthapondy is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India....

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Population

According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Thovalai had a population of 110,719 with 55,057 males and 55,662 females. There were 1011 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 85.9. The total number of households was 27,290.