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Colachel | |
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Town | |
 Colachel harbour | |
  Colachel Colachel, Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) | |
| Coordinates: 8°10′43″N 77°15′22″E / 8.178600°N 77.256100°E | |
| 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.