Parasuvaikkal

Parasuvaikkal പരശുവയ്ക്കല്‍
village
Parasuvaikkal Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°ECoordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Population (2001)
• Total	17,092
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	695 508
Telephone code	+91 471 22
Vehicle registration	KL-19
Nearest city	Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Thiruvananthapuram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Parassala

Parasuvaikkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] Parasuvaikkal has two Hindu temples namely Parasuvaikkal major Sree Bhagavathy temple governed by Travancore Devaswom Board and Ponnamkulam Devi Kshethram. Goddess Durga is the main deity worshipped here. A mosque and number of churches are there. Educational institutions are very few in number. BFM residential school and a few government schools are there.There is a private hospital too in parasuvaikal -Saroja hospital.

Transport

Parasuvaikkal is the very next village after parassala from Kerala - Tamil Nadu Border and its well connected to a number of major cities in Kerala by road and rail.

A small railway station in the Southern Railway network is nearby, namely Dhanuvachapuram. Most of the passenger trains stops here.

The Salem - Kanyakumari National Highway (NH 47) passes through the village. Government buses as well as private bus services operate between Trivandrum and other major towns such as Parassala, Neyyattinkara, Balaramapuram, Kollam and the northern districts of Kerala.

Trivandrum International Airport, Cochin International Airport, Tuticorin Airport, Madurai Airport are the nearest airports.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Parasuvaikkal had a population of 17092 with 8477 males and 8615 females.^[1]

References

1. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)