About Keelakarai

Keelakarai (aka Kilakarai, Tamil - )is a panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2001 India census, Keelakarai had a population of 30,472. Males constitute 46% of the population and females 54%. Keelakarai has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 75%. In Keelakarai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.