Kalavasal ( ta, காளவாசல்) is a neighbourhood in
Madurai district
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of
Tamil Nadu
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state in the peninsular
India
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. It is located at an altitude of about 162 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of (i.e., 9.930300°N, 78.095500°E).
Madurai
Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...
, Arasaradi,
S. S. Colony,
Arappalayam
Arappalayam or Arapalayam () is a neighbourhood in Madurai city of Tamil Nadu State, India. It is on the south bank of the River Vaigai. The PIN Code for Arasaradi-Arappalaym is 625016.
Arappalaym was one of the 72 palayams created under Madur ...
,
Koodal Nagar
''Koodal Nagar'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by first-timer Seenu Ramasamy. The film stars Bharath in dual lead roles with Sandhya and Bhavana The film opened in 5 April 2007 to negative reviews and was declared as belo ...
,
Vilangudi,
Thathaneri,
Simmakkal,
South Gate and
Yanaikkal are some of the important neighbourhoods of Kalavasal. In order to decongest the traffic near Kalavasal junction, a flyover of 0.75 km long, at a project cost of about ₹54.07 crore is constructed in Kalavasal. It is the first of its kind. It is a four-lane flyover. The purpose of building a flyover here is not met with its usage as fewer commuters use this.
Kalavasal area falls under the
Madurai Central Assembly constituency
Madurai Central is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
. The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is
Palanivel Thiagarajan
Palanivel Thiagarajan (PTR) is an Indian politician and the current Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 2016 and 2021 from Madurai Central.
Early life
He is the son of the late P ...
. Also, this area belongs to
Madurai Lok Sabha constituency.
S. Venkatesan
S. Venkatesan also known as Su. Venkatesan is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India and Tamil Nadu State Committee member of CPI(M). Venkatesan is a state committee member of the Party and a whole-timer of the Party. He is the state president o ...
won the 2019 elections, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency.
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Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai
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