Kovilpathu is a village in the Vedaranyam taluk of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.

The Akshaya Patra in Tamil, is called ‘Kuvalai Pathiram’, which in due course of time, became ‘Kovil Pathu’.

The entire Nagapattinam district was severely affected by the Indian Ocean tsunamis, however, Kovilpathu emerged virtually unscathed.

This was due to the presence of a very large windbreak planted by inhabitants of the region in 2002 As per the 2001 census, Kovilpathu had a total population of 2348 with 1165 males and 1183 females.

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