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Poothakkulam
Poothakkulam, also known as Bhoothakkulam, is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. The village is located 3.9 km away from Paravur, Kollam, Paravur, 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a population of 628,451 residents. The village covers an area of 16.56 km2. Geography Poothakkulam is located in the southernmost portion of the Kollam district near Idava Nadayara Kayal. The village is bordered by the Paravur municipality in the west, Parippally Panchayath in the east, Chirakkara Panchayath in the north, and the Thiruvananthapuram district in the south. Topography Poothakkulam's elevation is close to sea level, showing at the nearby Bhoothakulam reservoir(paanattu chira) and surrounding paddy fields. Educational institutions * Govt Higher Secondary School, Bhoothakkulam * Chempakassey Higher Secondary School, Bhoothakkulam * Bhoothakulam North LPS * Bhoothakulam South LPS * Kalakkode UPS, Kalakkode * Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paravur, Kollam
Paravur () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is located 11.6 km (7.2 mi) southeast of Kollam city center and is a part of the Kollam metropolitan area. Paravur railway station is the last station in Kollam district, which is on the route to Trivandrum while traveling towards South India. Governance and Wards Paravur Municipality consists of Kottapuram, Paravur, Kottapuram, Koonayil, Thekkumbhagam, Chillakkal, Perumpuzha, Nedungolam, Pozhikara, Maniyamkulam, Kurumandal, Kottamoola, Attinpuram and Kochalummoodu. Paravur Municipality is a Grade-II Municipality of Kerala. Geography Paravur is located at 8.78 N 76 E. It has an average elevation of 10 metres (32 feet). Paravur, 21 kilometers from the Kollam, is a narrow skirt of land stretching in between the backwaters and the sea. There is an elevation of 6 metres above sea level, extending to 16 metres on the inland. Ithikkara river is flowing through paravur. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chathannoor (State Assembly Constituency)
Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI. History The constituency was previously known as ''Paravur Assembly constituency''. It was temporarily merged with Varkala Assembly constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, Varkala Assembly constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960. Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and was named as ''Chathannoor Assembly constituency''. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor Assembly constituency. Structure As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chathannoor Assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and six neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kollam
Kollam (;), is an ancient seaport and the List of cities and towns in Kerala, fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala. Located on the southern tip of the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the city is on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake and is 71 kilometers (44 mi) northwest of the Thiruvananthapuram. Kollam is one of List of ancient Indian cities, India's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with evidence of habitation stretching back to the megalithic; the city has also been a maritime entrepôt millennia, the earliest attestation of which dates back to the Phoenicians and Romans. It is the southern gateway to the Kerala backwaters, Backwaters of Kerala, and is known for its cashew processing, coir manufacturing, and tourism industries. Kollam has had a strong commercial reputation since ancient times. The Arabs, Phoenicians, Chinese, Ethiopians, Syrians, Jews, Chaldeans and Romans have all engaged in trade at the port of Kollam for millennia. As a result of Chinese t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kollam District
Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 List of districts in Kerala, districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea Kollam Port, seaport and an inland lake (Ashtamudi Lake). The district has many water bodies. Kallada River is one among them, and land on the east bank of the river is East Kallada and that on the west bank is West Kallada. Etymology In 825 CE, the Malayalam calendar, or ''Kollavarsham'', was created in Kollam at meetings held in the city. The present Malayalam calendar is said to have begun with the re-founding of the town, which was rebuilt after its destruction by fire. The city was known as ''Koolam'' in Arabic, ''Coulão'' in Portuguese, and ''Desinganadu'' in ancient Tamil literature. Overview Kallada Boat race is one of the famous festival events of the district. Even though it is a competition between two land sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ithikkara
Ithikkara is a place in Kollam district, Kerala, India, about 12 km from Kollam city. It received its name from Ithikkara River. The Ithikkara River originates from the low hills situated near Madathuri kunnu at about +240 m above M.S.L and from the hills located south-west of Kulathupuzha. The Vattapparambu stream and the Kunduman thodu are its important tributaries. The latter joins the Ithikkara at Plakkadu about 200 m upstream of Ithikkara Bridge on N.H.47. The river has a north-westerly course up to the Irattur Malai from where it flows west up to Pampira and then takes a more or less south-westerly course till its exits into the Paravur Kayal near Meenad. The river passes through the villages of Channapetta , Alayamon , Vayala, Pampira, Ayur, Thiruvambhagam, Atturkonam and Adichanallore. Kottiyam, Chathannoor and Chadayamangalam are some of the important places in the basin. The river has a length of 56 km and a catchment area of 642 km2. The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paravur Railway Station
Paravur railway station (station code: PVU) is an NSG–5 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in the Indian municipal town of Paravur, Kollam, Paravur in Kollam district, Kerala. Paravur railway station was formerly a D-class railway station. The annual passenger earnings of Paravur railway station during 2023–2024 is Rs. 2,12,46,999 and it is fifth in position from Kollam district among the stations collecting more than Rs.1,00,00,000 through passenger tickets. Paravur is connected to various cities in India like Kollam, Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Calicut, Thrissur, Kannur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Mangalore, Pune, Salem, Tamil Nadu, Salem, Coimbatore, Trichy and Tirunelveli through Indian Railways. 34 trains halt at Paravur, out of which 32 are daily services. Proximity of Paravur railway station to the core Paravur, Kollam, Paravur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the country's oldest state-run public bus transport services. The corporation is divided into three zones (South, Central and North), and its headquarters is in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. Daily scheduled service has increased from to , using 5400 buses on 4500 routes. The corporation transports an average of 3.545 million commuters per day. The Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation (KURTC) was formed under KRTC in 2015 to manage affairs related to urban transportation. It was inaugurated on 12 April 2015 at Thevara. On 9 November 2021, a legally independent company called KSRTC SWIFT was formed to operate the long-distance buses of the Kerala Road Transport Corporation for a period of 10 years with an aim overcome the financial crisis faced by the corporation. In June 2021, Kerala SRTC was awarded the acronym KSRTC by the Control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coir
Coir (), also called coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut, and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. Other uses of brown coir (made from ripe coconut) are in upholstery padding, sacking and horticulture. White coir, harvested from unripe coconuts, is used for making finer brushes, string, rope and fishing nets. It has the advantage of not sinking, so can be used in long lengths in deep water without the added weight dragging down boats and buoys. Coir must not be confused with coir pith, which is the powdery and spongy material resulting from the processing of the coir fibre. Coir fibre is locally named 'coprah' in some countries, adding to confusion. Pith is chemically similar to coir, but contains much shorter fibers. The name coco peat may refer either to coir or the pith or a mixture, as both have goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the 19th Eurozone country. * January 3– 7 – A series of massacres in Baga, Nigeria and surrounding villages by Boko Haram kills more than 2,000 people. *January 7 – Two gunmen belonging to Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch kill 12 people and injure 11 more at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaper ''Charlie Hebdo'', prompting an anti-terrorism demonstration attended by over a million people and more than 40 world leaders. * January 12 – A Boko Haram and Islamic State assault on Kolofata in the Far North Region of Cameroon is repelled by the Cameroonian Army, who kill 143 Boko Haram and Islamic State insurgents. * January 15 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the Indian National Congress-led alliance of centre to centre-right political parties in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately since 1980 E. K. Nayanar ministry until the 2016 Legislative Assembly election in the state. The alliance currently acts as the opposition in the state legislature of Kerala. Most of the United Democratic Front constituents are members of the Indian National Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. United Democratic Front was created by the Indian National Congress (then known as Congress-Indira) party leader K. Karunakaran in 1979, as a successor to the existing Congress-led alliance. The alliance first came to power in 1981 ( K. Karunakaran ministry) and has won elections to the state legislature of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades. LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980, 1987, 1996, 2006, 2016 and had a historic re-election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of CPI(M), CPI and various smaller parties. LDF has been in power in the State Legislature of Kerala under E. K. Nayanar (1980–81, 1987–91, 1996–2001), V. S. Achuthanandan (2006-11), Pinarayi Vijayan (2016–current). E. K. Nayanar served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
