Thengapattinam Beach is 35 kms away from Nagercoil and 54 km from Kanniyakumari Bus transport is frequent to this place. Thengapattinam Beach is an excellent picnic spot with backwater facilities. As coconut trees are abundant in this place, the place might have derived this name. The mosque at Thengapattinam is about 1,200 years old. This village had, in ancient times, trade relations with foreign countries like Arabia .

There was direct Cargo boat service between Thengapattinam and other foreign maritime towns. This place is located on the west coast, near painkulam village which comes under the revenue of Vilavancode. The beach here is a beautiful site because there are huge coconut groves near this beach. The non-salty water from the Thamiraparani river enters into the sea through this beach. One can enjoy the boat ride on the back waters of the river.