Karicode or Karikodu is a neighbourhood of

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city in

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. It is about 5 km away from

city centre. Karicode is the 23rd ward in

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council. The place is very famous because of the educational institutions by TKM Group(Thangal Kunju Musaliar Group).

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is the first self-financing engineering college in

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state. The college, established in 1958, is to be considered as the pioneers in engineering education in Kerala. TKM Arts & Science college is also situated at Karicode.

Importance

Karicode is one among the cashew processing hubs of

. It was a part of Kilikollur panchayath before. Kilikollur has the maximum number of cashew processing factories in

. When

Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Karicode also merged with

along with Kilikollur. The congested

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stretch passing through Karicode is making the place a traffic black-spot in Kollam city. So many accidents happened in Karicode area because of the congested, under developed NH stretch. Kilikollur railway station is situated in Karicode.

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is planning to provide high-speed

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hotspot in Karicode, considering the importance of the place as a major educational hub in the state.

Transport

Karicode is situated on National Highway 744 or NH 744 connecting the city of

with

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. Nearest railway station is Kilikollur railway station, situated at Karicode. But only 7 passenger trains and one express train stops here. However,

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situated at a distance of 6 km from here connects all the major cities of

by rail.

Educational Institutions in Karicode

The following Educational Institutions are located in and around Karicode. *T K M College of Engineering *T.K.M. College of Arts and Science *Sivaram NSS Higher Secondary School *T.K.M Higher Secondary School *MEA English Medium Higher Secondary School *Amrita Vidyalayam *Chathinamkulam MSM Higher Secondary School *Karicode Gvt Lower Primary School *TKM Centenary Public School *T.K.M. Kindergarten

References

Neighbourhoods in Kollam {{Kollam-geo-stub