Kallkkulam taluk is a taluk of Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kallkkulam.Up to 1957, Kallkkulam Taluk formed part of the Travancore Kingdom and subsequently the Travancore-Cochin State. It was when the States were divided on linguistic basis that Kallkkulam, Thovalai, Vilavancode, and Agastheeswaram Taluks of the erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram District of the then Travancore-Cochin State were included in the then Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) as Kanyakumari District.

Kallkkulam taluk has been an important administrative division of the erstwhile Travancore Kingdom. Padmanabhapuram, the erstwhile capital of Travancore State is situated with in Kallkkulam Taluk. It was at Kallkkulam that Maharaja Marthanda Verma of Travancore Kingdom (the then Venad Kingdom) executed the eight Nair feudal Lords Ettuveetil Pillamar who challenged his authority to the throne.

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kallkkulam had a population of 603,918 with 303,913 males and 300,005 females. There were 987 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 84.77. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,542 Males and 23,696 Females.^[1]

9°46′N 78°44′E / 9.767°N 78.733°E / 9.767; 78.733

v t e Kanyakumari district
History	Travancore Battle of Colachel Travancore–Cochin
Administration	Taluks Agastheeswaram Kallkkulam Thovalai Vilavancode Blocks Agastheeswaram Killiyoor Kurunthancode Melpuram Munchirai Rajakkamangalam Thiruvattar Thovalai Thuckalay Municipalities Colachel Kuzhithura Nagercoil Padmanabhapuram Town panchayats Agastheeswaram Aloor Anjugramam Aralvaimozhi Arumanai Asaripallam Attoor Azhagappapuram Azhagiapandiapuram Boothapandi Edaikodu Eraniel Ezhudesam Ganapathipuram Kadayal Kaliyakkavilai Kallukuttam Kanyakumari Kappiyarai Karungal Keezhkulam Killiyur Kodimunai Kollancode Kothinallur Kottaram Kulasekaram Kumarapuram Manavalakurichi Mandaikadu Marthandam Marungoor Mulagumudu Myladi Nallur Neiyyur Pacode Palapallam Pazhugal Ponmanai Puthalam Pudukadai Reethapuram South Thamaraikulam Suchindram Thalakudi Thengampudur Theroor Thingalnagar Thirparappu Thiruvattar Thiruvithamcode Unnamalaikadai Valvaithankoshtam Vellimalai Verkilambi Vilavoor Villukuri Revenue divisions Nagercoil Padmanabhapuram
Religious sites	Thanumalayan Temple Kumarakoil Marunthuvazh Malai Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple Nagaraja Temple Our Lady of Ransom Church, Kanyakumari St. Arockiya Nathar Church, Vavathurai Pancha pathi Peer Mohammed Dargah Sivalayams Adikesava Perumal Temple St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar Swamithope pathi Thirunadhikkara Thiruppathisaram Thirucharanathumalai Chitharal Jain Monuments
Tourism	Kanyakumari Kalikesam Mathur Aqueduct Mukkadal Dam Muttom Olakaruvi Padmanabhapuram Palace Pechiparai Reservoir Sothavilai Beach Thirparappu Udayagiri Vattakottai Fort Vattakottai Vattaparai Falls
Education	Colleges Cape Institute of Technology Bishop Agniswamy College of Education CSI Institute of Technology Malankara Catholic College Nesamony Memorial Christian College Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education Ponjesly College of Engineering Scott Christian College S.T. Hindu College St. Xavier's College of Engineering Amrita College of Engineering & Technology University College of Engineering,Nagercoil Schools Carmel Higher Secondary School Excel Central School Excel Global School Scott Christian Higher Secondary School
Railway stations	Eraniel Kanniyakumari Kuzhithura Kuzhithurai West Nagercoil Junction Nagercoil Town Viranialur
See also: List of villages in Kanyakumari district