Padmanabhapuram is a town and a municipality near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342Padmanabhapuram mes the capital of Travancore state in the past in 1795, the King of Travancore, Rama Varma (known as Dharma Raja moved the capital hom Padmanabhapuram to Thruvananthapuram. At that time the boundaries of Travancore state included half the area of modem Kerala state. In 1947, after independence, Padmanabhapuram became port of Travancore-Cochin state When Indian states ware neorganized on the basis of language in 1957, Padmanabhapuram alung with other Tamsi-speaking areas cuire to Madras State, while the Malayalam-speaking areas became part of Kerala Later the name of Madras State was changed to Tamil Nadu Padmanabhapurans is a town and a municipality near Thuckelayan Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town hast a population of 21,342.

Kanyakumari district, officially Kanniyakumari district, is one of the 39 districts of Tamil Nadu state and the southern most district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nadu in terms of per capita income, and also tops the state in Human Development Index (HDI), literacy, and education. The district's headquarters is Nagercoil.