Sreekaryam is a city locality in
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 ...
, capital of
Kerala
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,
India
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. It is located 3 km north of
Ulloor and is about 11 km away from
Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station
Thiruvananthapuram Central (station code: TVC,) is an NSG–2 category railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a major railway station that serves the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of ...
. It is situated midway between
Kazhakoottam
Kazhakkoottam is a major urban area in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state, India. The largest IT park in the country in terms of developed area, Technopark, along with Technocity-an upcoming integrated IT township-is situated ...
and
Palayam
Palayam may refer to:
* ''Palayam'' (film), a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film
* Palayam, Kanyakumari, a village in Neyyoor town panchayat, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
* Palayam, Perambalur, a village in Perambalur district, Tamil N ...
It is almost 6 km far from Kazhakoottam. Famous educational institutions like
Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram and
College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) are situated in Sreekaryam. The headquarters of
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) is also located at Sreekaryam.
Sreekaryam comes under
Kazhakkoottam legislative assembly constituency and
Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency
Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Ke ...
.
Sreekaryam is home to Mar Baselios Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church under the
Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Trivandrum. The current parish has 151 Malankara Orthodox families.
Transportation
National Highway 66
The following highways are numbered 66:
International
* European route E66
Australia
* Barkly Highway (Northern Territory)
* Riddoch Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 66
* Highway 66 (Ontario)
Cuba
* Autopista Sancti Spiritus (4-6 ...
, which connects
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
and
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...
passes through Sreekaryam.
Law and Order
The law and order of the locality is maintained by Sreekaryam Police Station. The station has a jurisdictional area of around 19.5sq.km.
Sreekaryam Police Station comes under the Medical College circle.
Sreekaryam Police Station was inaguarated by Shri
Oommen Chandy
Oommen Chandy (31 October 1942 – 18 July 2023) was an Indian lawyer and statesman who served as the 10th chief minister of Kerala, serving from 2004 to 2006 and 2011 to 2016. He served also as the Leader of the Opposition, leader of the opp ...
on 03.01.2006.
See also
*
Ulloor
*
Kazhakootam
References
Suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram
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