Kilikollur

Kilikollur
കിളികൊല്ലുര്‍
Zone & Neighbourhood

Kilikollur railway station entrance
Nickname(s): കരിക്കോട്
Kilikollur

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 8°55′2.76″N 76°37′59.08″E / 8.9174333°N 76.6330778°E / 8.9174333; 76.6330778Coordinates: 8°55′2.76″N 76°37′59.08″E / 8.9174333°N 76.6330778°E / 8.9174333; 76.6330778
Municipal Corporation Kollam Municipal Corporation
District Kollam district
State Kerala
Region Desinganadu
Country Republic of India
Government
 • Type Councillor
 • Mayor Mrs. Prasanna Ernest (CPI(M))
 • Deputy Mayor K.Gopinathan
 • District collector Pranab Jyoti Nath, IAS
Area
 • Total 11.24 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Malayalam
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 691 004
Telephone code 0474
Vehicle registration KL-02
Website www.kollam.nic.in

Kilikollur (Malayalam: കിളികൊല്ലുര്‍) or Kilikolloor is also known as Karicode, a zone of Kollam(Quilon) city.[1] It is one of the cashew hubs in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India.[2][3] So many reputed cashew exporters in the city are based out of Kilikollur. Apart from that, Kilikollur is an emerging automobile hub of Kollam city. So many reputed automobile manufacturers have their showrooms at Kilikollur. NH 744 (Earlier NH 208) is passing through Kilikollur. Kilikollur railway station is one of the suburban railway stations serving the eastern part of Kollam city. Trains towards Kollam, Paravur, Punalur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari, Ernakulam, Guruvayur have halt at Kilikollur.[4][5] One of the prestigious educational institutions in Kerala, T.K.M. College of Engineering is situated at Karicode.[6] A zonal office of Kollam Municipal Corporation is situated at Kilikollur.

Merging of Kilikollur with Kollam City Corporation

Kilikolloor locality in Kollam city had the maximum number of cashew processing factories in India. Kilikollur was a panchayath and was formed in 1953. It was included in Anchalumoodu block of Kollam district with an area of 11.24 sq.km.[7] Kilikollur has a long history mainly because of its proximity to the city centre of Kollam which was one of the major ancient commercial cities in South India even prior to 851 AD.[8] When Kollam Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Kilikollur was merged with Kollam.[9][10]

Location

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References

  1. ↑ "Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Expoters Directory - The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
  3. ↑ Pincode of Kilikollur, Kollam
  4. ↑ Trains from Kilikollur - Indiarailinfo
  5. ↑ Six new stops for Punalur - Guruvayur train : TOI
  6. ↑ TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
  7. ↑ Welcome to the Land of Cashews - Kollam
  8. ↑ Methodology - Conceptual framework of the problem
  9. ↑ Rapid Baseline Assessment - Kollam City
  10. ↑ Residents' associations hail UDF panel decision - The Hindu
  11. ↑ Kilikollur, Kollam - Kerala Tourism
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