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Colachel
City population
23,227
#2,581
in India
#291
in Tamil Nadu
#22,525
worldwide
8.179, 77.258 · 2,273 km from New Delhi
About Colachel
Colachel is a city in Tamil Nadu, India with a population of 23,227. It is the 2,581st largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, and the 22,525th largest worldwide. It lies 2,273 km from New Delhi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#291of 488
Coordinates
8.179, 77.258
Record updated
5 August 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.