Map indicating blocks of Marakkanam Village Panchayat
History
Marakkanam was connected to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh through the Buckingham Canal, a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal. The 110-km stretch from Marakkanam to Chennai is called South Buckingham Canal. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras). It was constructed by the British Raj, and was an important waterway during the late nineteenth and the twentieth century. Canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down, but later the usage has downgraded due to industrial pollution of water.
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Marakkanam had a population of 19,153. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Marakkanam has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Marakkanam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
Salt Production at Salt pans of Marakkanam
Salt Production (Largest Salt Production Happening Next to Tuticorin in every year)
Fishing
Agriculture
Schools
Government Higher Secondary School
Government Girls High School
Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation School
St.Joseph's Primary School (R.C.Primary School)
Panchayat Union Elementary School
ALM Matriculation School
Bharathiyar Matric Higher Secondary school
J.M.J. Matriculation and Higher l Secondary School
![[icon]](File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small}
