Akkaraipattai
Akkaraipettai
Village in Tamil Nadu, India
Akkaraipettai is a fishing village located in Kelvelur taluk Nagapattinam district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The population was 6,672 at the 2011 Census.[1] A majority of the people of Akkaraipettai are employed in sea-borne trading,[2] fishing, agriculture, tourism and merchant navy.
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Akkaraipettai is a village panchayat with three hamlets Thideer Kuppam, Keechankuppam and Kallar with a population of more than 10,000 residents who are dependent on fishing. Since the village panchayat is located in close proximity to the sea, there was high incidence of fatalities during the tsunami on December 26, 2004.[3][4]