Uchipuli or Uchippuli is a locality in the Mandapam

Mandapam

Mandapam is a panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Geography:Mandapam is located at . It has an average elevation of 9 metres .-Demographics:...

 block of Ramanathapuram district

Ramanathapuram District

Ramanathapuram District is an administrative district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Ramanathapuram is the district headquarters. Ramanthapuram District has an area of 4123 km²...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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, India

India

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. It is a major source of water supply for the Ramanathapuram

Ramanathapuram

Ramanathapuram , also known as Ramnad, is a city and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram district.-Tourism:...

 town. Indian Navy

Indian Navy

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's INS Parindh, commissioned on 26 March 2009, is located at Uchipuli.

Transport

Uchipuli is located on the National Highway 47 (NH 47) that connects Kochi to Rameswaram. The Uchippuli Railway Station (code UCP) is located on the Rameshwaram-Ramanathapuram

Ramanathapuram

Ramanathapuram , also known as Ramnad, is a city and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram district.-Tourism:...

 route. Madurai Airport

Madurai Airport

Madurai Airport is fourth largest airport in Tamil Nadu and serves Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The airport is located about from the Madurai railway station. The airport was established in 1957. -Airport specifications:...

 (198 km) is the nearest airport.

Education

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. College of Education, which is affiliated to the Alagappa University

Alagappa University

Alagappa University is located on about in the business town of Karaikudi in Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu, India. Karaikudi is 400 km south of Madras on the Madras–Rameswaram line and is accessible from Tiruchirappalli and Madurai in about 2 hours by road and rail. This seat of higher...

, is located in Uchipuli.

• National Academy Matriculation School
• CSI Schwartz matriculation school
• The International Matriculation School
• govt primary school
• govt higher secondary school

Naval air station

In 2007, the police seized 1950 detonators hidden in a coconut grove at Uchipuli.

On 26 March 2009, the Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

The Chief of the Naval Staff is the commander and typically the highest-ranking officer in the Indian Navy. The position is abbreviated CNS in Indian Navy cables and communication...

 Admiral Sureesh Mehta

Sureesh Mehta

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 commissioned a naval air station INS Parindh at Uchipuli to monitor the country's southern coastline. The plans for the station had been announced earlier in 2008. Before the establishment of the naval air station, the air facility at Uchipuli was considered a subsidiary unit of INS Rajali at Arakkonam

Arakkonam

Arakkonam is a mid-sized City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of about 101,626 as per the census 2011...

.

The Uchipuli station is intended to keep a watch over the South East Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal

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, the Palk Strait

Palk Strait

Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay and thence with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. The strait is wide. Several...

, and the Gulf of Mannar

Gulf of Mannar

The Gulf of Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean. It lies between the southeastern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka. A chain of low islands and reefs known as Adam's Bridge, also called Ramsethu, which includes Mannar Island, separates the...

. It would have three Dornier aircrafts and HAL Chetak helicopters for the surveillance.