Perumkulam is a village in the
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 ...
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 ...
, India.
It is India's second and Kerala's first 'village of books'. The village received this recognition on 19 June 2020.
Location
Perumkulam (Pusthakagramam) village is situated in
Kulakkada
Kulakkada is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India.
Kulakkada is also a panchayat headquartered in Mavadi.
The main towns in Kulakkada panchayath are Kulakkada, Puthoor, and Poovattoor.
The Thiruvananthapuram–Angamaly ...
Panchayath along
Kottarakkara
Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. Kottarakkara lies to the east of Kollam city centre.
History
Kottarakkara, also known in the ...
-
Mannady (Dalawa road) road 6 km away from Kottarakkara town and 3 km away from Inchakkad on
Main Central Road
Kerala's State Highway 1 or KL SH 1, also known as Main Central Road or MC Road, is the arterial state highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Thiruvananthapuram and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Greater Cochin in Ernakulam district, in the s ...
. 5 km away from
Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Kshethram. The nearest railway station is
Kottarakara railway station
Kottarakara railway station (station code:KKZ) is an NSG–5 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Kottarakkara, located in Kollam district of the Sta ...
.
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 ...
, Perumkulam had a population of 19074 with 9286 males and 9788 females.
See also
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Bhilar
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Pustakanch Gaav
References
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Kollam district
Villages in Kollam district
History of Kerala (1947–present)