Kalavoor is a village located in National Highway 66 at

Alappuzha district Alappuzha district (), is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It was formed as Alleppey district on 17 August 1957, the name of the district being changed to ''Alapp ...

in the Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

Location

Kalavoor is to the north of

Alappuzha Alappuzha (, आलप्पुळ) or Alleppey is a municipality and town on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the district headquarters of the district, and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvana ...

city and to the South of

Cochin Kochi ( , ), formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernaku ...

. National Highway 66, passes through Kalavoor.

Transportation

It is well-connected by road and rail transportation. The railway station situated roughly 1 km away from the center has passenger services. KSRTC buses including limited and superfast services have stoppages. There is an auto-taxi hub too.

Institutions

* Central Coir Research Institute *All India Radio Relay Station

Industries

Kalavoor is home to several large scale and small scale industries that extend from Pharmaceuticals to Coir products. Some of the notable industries are : * Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Kalavoor has a population of 29,808 with 14,458 males and 15,350 females living in 7,385 households. Population of children with age range of 0–6 years, is 2717 which is 9.12% of the total population. The

sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

of Kalavoor is 1062, lower than the state average of 1087. The child sex ratio is 959, which again is lower than the state average of 964. Hinduism, Islamism and Christianity are the three major religions found.

Notable people

Ebin Raj Maliakal Ebin Raj Maliakal is an Indian documentary filmmaker and author. His notable films are ''Green Line'' (2019), ''Novel life (2014),'' ''Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham (2008),'' ''Lokame Yathara (2008)'.'' He has won the Kerala state television award, ...

, documentary filmmaker *

Ratheesh Ratheesh (11 September 1954 – 23 December 2002) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He was a native of Kalavoor in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He performed villainous roles during the 1990s. He had ac ...

, Malayalam actor *

Kalavoor Ravikumar Kalavoor Ravikumar is an Indian author, screenwriter and film director who works in the Malayalam film and literature. Early life and family He joined Kerala Kaumudi daily after the studies and started his professional career as a journali ...

, Malayalam screenwriter and movie director

External links

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, public information website
erail.in

Census of India
2011 website for demographics data. *

References

{{Alappuzha district Villages in Alappuzha district