Pathamadai or Pattamadai is a special grade town panchayath in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

As of 2011[update] India census, Pattamadai had a population of 14,965.

[1] Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%.

Pathamadai has a mat industry which produces mats crafted out of korai grass (Reed plant) also called as Indian Chattai.

[2] They are flexible and have been gifted to leaders like Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev.