Kanjiramkulam

Kanjiramkulam കാഞ്ഞിരംകുളം
Village
Kanjiramkulam
Coordinates: 8°21′0″N 77°3′0″E / 8.35000°N 77.05000°ECoordinates: 8°21′0″N 77°3′0″E / 8.35000°N 77.05000°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
Government
• Body	Kanjiramkulam Grama Panchayath
• Panchayath president	Mr. Ravi
• Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)	Ms. Jameela Prakasam, BSc, LLB, MBA, CAIIB Janata Dal (Secular) party
• Member of Parliament	Shashi Tharoor, (Indian National Congress party, Re-elected in 2014)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	25,030 (town/village) 880,986 (taluk)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam · English
• Spoken languages	Malayalam, English, Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	695 524
Telephone code	91 (0)471 226 0XXX
Vehicle registration	KL-20
Coastline	78 kilometres (48 mi)
Sex ratio	1064
Literacy	98.72%
Planning agency	Assistant Engineer PWD kanjiramkulam
Civic agency	Kanjiramkulam Grama Panchayath
Distance from Mumbai	1,565 kilometres (972 mi) NW (land)
Distance from Delhi	2,836 kilometres (1,762 mi) N (land)
Climate	Am/Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,700 millimetres (67 in)
Avg. annual temperature	27.2 °C (81.0 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	24.4 °C (75.9 °F)

Kanjiramkulam is a residential village in Neyyattinkara taluk in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala State, South India and is located between Nellimoodu and Paraniyam Vazhimukku on Balaramapuram – Poovar road and in between NTA – Olathanni – Pazhayakada – Puthankada – Manaveli – Nellikkakuzhi – (Kanjiramkulam) – Pulluvila Poovar road . It is located 4.5 km from Neyyattinkara town and 22 km from the State capital Thiruvanthapuram. The Indian Postal PIN Code of this village is 695 524. The nearest railway station is Neyyattinkara Railway Station (6 km) and the nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (27 km). The distance between Vizhinjam International Seaport and Kanjiramkulam town is 7.5  km (via Uchakada - Nellimoodu - Kanjiramkulam).

There are three routes to reach Kanjiramkulam town from Neyyattinkara town: the first route is via Neyyattinkara town KSRC Stand » Vlangamuri » Olathanni » Pazhayakada » Puthankada » Manaveli » Nellikkakuzhi » Kanjiramkulam town (4.5  km); the second route is via NTA town KSRTC Stand » T B Junction » Moonnukallin Moodu » Ooruttukala » Kodangavila » Kamukinkodu » Kannaravla » Nellimoodu » Kanjiramkulam town (6.5  km) and the third route is via NTA KSRTC Stand » R C Street » Kavalakulam » Manaluvila » Venpakal » Pongil (Pongu) » Mulluvila » Nellikkakuzhi » Kaniramkulam town (6.5  km). These three routes to Kanjiramkulam town are the bedroom suburb of Neyyattinkara town.

The main landmarks of this town are Kunjukrishnan Nadar Memorial (KNM) Arts and Science (Government) College, Kanjiramkulam, Nithya Sahaya Matha Malankara catholic Theerthadana Devalayam, CSI Church Nellikkakuzhi, CSI Town Church Kanjiramkulam, Federal Bank-Kanjiramkulam Branch, State Bank of India-Kanjiramkulam Branch, Thiruvananthapuram District Co-operative Bank, etc.

List of Colleges

1. K N M Government Arts & Science College, Kanjiramkulam^[1]
2. K N M College of Teacher Education, Kanjiramkulam

List of Schools

1. Government Lower primary school, Kanjiramkulam.
2. Mount Carmel Residential School, Kanjiramkulam
3. Jawahar Central School, Kanjiramkulam
4. PKS Higher Secondary School, Kanjiramkulam
5. Government High School, Kanjiramkulam
6. St.Helen's Girls' Higher Secondary School, Lourdupuram
7. Leo XIII Higher Secondary School,Pulluvilla
8. New Higher Secondary School, Nellimoodu
9. St.Chrysostom's G.H.S.S Nellimoodu

List of Hospitals

1. Government Primary Health center, Kanjiramkulam
2. Government Homoeo Health center, kanjiramkulam.
3. Government Ayurvedha Marma Hospital, kanjiramkulam.
4. Government Ayurvedha Health Center, Kanjiramkulam
5. Jaya Hospital, Kanjiramkulam
6. Anupama Hospital, Kanjiramkulam
7. K V Hospital, Avanakuzhi

List of C S I Churches in Kanjiramkulam

There are 49 C S I (Church of South India) churches in Kanjiramkulam.

Note: In C S I terminology, the word Area used hereunder is considered as a District. Hence, for instance, Chani Area should be read as Chani District. Thus, the 49 CSI churches in different areas (districts) of Kanjiramkulam are listed below:^[2]

Chani Area: (1) C S I Chani (DC) (2) C S I Kallumala (3) C S I Karichal (4). C S I Maruthttmkoottam (5). C S I Muzhakolkunnu (6). C S I Nediyakala kodiyannoorkonam Area (7). C S I Asanvila (8). C S I Choondavilakom (9). C S I Kodiyanoorkonam (D.C) (10). C S I Kottapuram (11). C S I Kottukal (12). C S I Mannakallu (13). C S I Nellimoodu (14). C S I Pappanamkonam (15) C S I Ramapuram (16) C S I Valanvila Nellikkakuzhi Area: (17) C S I Anamaramvalichathil (D.C), (18). C S I Ettukutty, (19). C S I Kanjiramkulam, (20). C S I Kanjiramkulam Town, (21). C S I Kazhivoor, (22). C S I Kuzhivila, (23). C S I Mulluvila, (24). C S I Nellikkakuzhi (D.C), (25). C S I Vengapotta Paraniyam Area: (26). AHLMC Paraniyam (27). C S I Arumanoor (28). C S I Kuttaninnathil (29). C S I Lourdhipuram (30). C S I MRM Karumkulam (31) C S I Nagapuram (32) C S I Panchikala (33) C S I Paraniyam (D.C) Thirupuram Area: (34). C S I Kanchampazhinji (35). C S I Kanchipuram (D.C) (36). C S I Kanjiramthottam (37). C S I Mankulam (38). C S I Nediyavila (39). C S I Olathanni (40) C S I Perakode (41) C S I Plamthottom (42) C S I Thirupuram (D.C) Sittaram Area: (43). C S I Chenkal (44). C S I Kodithooky (45). C S I Koliyakonam (46). C S I Kuntucoil (47). C S I Poovar (48). C S I Sittaram (D.C) (49). C S I Venkadampu

List of Community Churches in Town

1. Nithya Sahaya Matha Malankara Katholica Theerthadana Devalayam
2. Lutheran Church, College Road (Pulluvila Poovar Road)
3. St. Assissi Church, kulathinkara

Closest cities, towns and villages

Poovar beach is 4 km from the town; Kovalam beach is 8 km from the town. The distance between Kanjiramkulam town and Vizhinjam International Seaport is 7 km. Ponmudi is 39 km from the town. Neyyar Dam (35 km from Kanjiramkulam town), is another popular picnic spot. Kanyakumari is 64 km from Kanjiramkulam town.

Neighbouring cities & towns

Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies it climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw). Kanjiramkulam (which lies 4.5 km away to the south west of Neyyattinkara town) has heavy rains during June–August due to the southwest monsoon. Winter starts from December and continues till February. In summer, the temperature rises to a maximum of 32 °C (90 °F) and 31 °C (88 °F) in the winters. Record high temperature in neighbouring Thiruvananthapuram is 39 °C (102 °F). Annual average rainfall is 3,100 mm (120 in).[3] Climate data for Neyyattinkara Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high °C (°F) 29.9 (85.8) 30.7 (87.3) 31.7 (89.1) 31.8 (89.2) 31.3 (88.3) 29.1 (84.4) 28.6 (83.5) 28.9 (84) 29.3 (84.7) 29.3 (84.7) 29.1 (84.4) 29.3 (84.7) 29.92 (85.84) Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1 (79) 26.9 (80.4) 28.1 (82.6) 28.6 (83.5) 28.2 (82.8) 26.5 (79.7) 25.9 (78.6) 26.2 (79.2) 26.5 (79.7) 26.5 (79.7) 26.2 (79.2) 26 (79) 26.81 (80.28) Average low °C (°F) 22.4 (72.3) 23.2 (73.8) 24.5 (76.1) 25.4 (77.7) 25.2 (77.4) 23.9 (75) 23.3 (73.9) 23.5 (74.3) 23.7 (74.7) 23.7 (74.7) 23.4 (74.1) 22.7 (72.9) 23.74 (74.74) Average precipitation mm (inches) 19 (0.75) 27 (1.06) 52 (2.05) 144 (5.67) 248 (9.76) 457 (17.99) 336 (13.23) 222 (8.74) 201 (7.91) 290 (11.42) 205 (8.07) 55 (2.17) 2,256 (88.82) Average rainy days 1 2 3 8 10 19 17 14 11 12 8 3 108 Mean daily sunshine hours 9 9 8 8 7 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6.8 Source #1: Climate-Data.org[4] Source #2: Weatherbase Trivandrum, India[5] for sunshine and rainy days See also Neyyattinkara Neyyattinkara Railway Station Amaravila Parassala Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple Upper cloth revolt Thiruvananthapuram Municipalities of Kerala References Kerala University (2015). "Kunjukrishnan Nadar Memorial Govt. Arts & Science College, Kanjiramkulam". APR Website. Kerala University. Retrieved 2015-02-10. CSI (2015). "KANJIRAMKULAM AREA". APR Website. South Kerala Diocise, Church of South India. Retrieved 2015-08-10. "Neyyattinkara (Thiruvananthapuram) Climate". Weatherbase. Retrieved 23 June 2015. "Climate: Neyyattinkara - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 June 2015. "Neyyattinkara (Thiruvananthapuram)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 23 June 2015.