Paravur Municipal Bus Stand or Paravur Private Bus Stand is the one and only bus stand in Paravur municipal town of

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 La ...

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. The bus stand construction project was implemented by the Municipal council of Paravur before some years.

Location

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 ...

- 800 m * Paravur Puttingal Temple - 650 m * Paravur Pozhikara - 3.4 km * Paravur Estuaries - 3.5 km * ESIC Medical College - 9.6 km *

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 ...

- 20.2 km * Kollam Sea Port - 22.8 km *

Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is an international airport that serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and the fifth international airport of ...

- 54.3 km

Significance

As Paravur Municipal Bus Stand is the only bus stand in the town, the heavy population of this municipal town and suburbs are totally depending on this bus stand for their daily journeys. Apart from that, this is the nearest bus station of

Government Medical College, Kollam Government Medical College, Kollam, formerly ESIC Medical College, Parippally, is the first Government medical college in Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is situated south of Kollam city and east of Paravur town. The College was initially e ...

in Parippally, which is 9.6 km away.

, one amongst the busiest and top revenue generating stations in the

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

stretch is situated close to this bus stand. People going to

LPG filling station (Ezhippuram), world-famous

Polachira Polachira is a wetland spread over 600 hectares(archived fro located near Paravur, Kollam, Paravur Municipality in Kollam District of Kerala, India. Formerly part of the Chathannoor Grama Panchayath, it is now located in the Chirakkara Gra ...

wetland visitors etc. are depending on this bus stand. Paravur Puttingal Temple, famous for its annual fireworks competition as part of the temple festival, is also close to this bus stand. Considering the importance of this bus stand as a significant transport hub in

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has provided a high-speed

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in Paravur Municipal Bus Stand. Moreover, Paravur is one of the most scenic coastal-backwater stretches in

state. Scenic Estuaries in Paravur are attracting hundreds of foreigners and other visitors every day.

References

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