What is "sawyerpuram"

Sawyerpuram is a town panchayat in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu, India. Microliths are found in large in numbers around Sawyerpuram (and another one place is Kulattur of Tirunelveli).They were embedded in the fossil bearing sand dunes turned red.These available evidences of Sawyerpuram points the chronology of the Microlithic culture in South India to Circa 4000 B.C year.

Since missionary Dr. G. U. Pope ministered in this place the population is predominantly Christian.