Odaikkarai

Odaikkarai
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Odaikkarai is a small village located 10 km from Cheranmahadevi, in the Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, India. Odaikkarai has been in existence for over 125 years.

Odaikkarai has a population of about one thousand, ninety-nine percent of whom are Christian. The village has three churches: the CSI and CMS St. Matthew. The CSI church spire is very tall and it can be seen from remote villages. Odaikkarai has been well known for Christian spirituals for many years.

The economy is largely agricultural and many people of Odaikkarai have migrated to major towns such as Madras, Bombay and Kovai, also to the Gulf. A few people are teaching and a substantial number of ladies are engaged in beedi rolling and farming activities.Three ponds are catering waters for paddy fields.