Colachel

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Colachel
Town
Colachel harbour
Colachel Colachel, Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates: 8°10′43″N 77°15′22″E / 8.178600°N 77.256100°E / 8.178600; 77.256100
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Government
• Type	First Grade Municipality
• Body	Colachel Municipality
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,227
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• Spoken	Tamil, Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Colachel is a coastal town in the far south of India, located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It is a natural harbor on the Malabar coast, located 20 km north-west of Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), the southernmost tip of India. As of 2011 the municipality had a population of 23,227 and a metropolitan population of 47,007.