Kallara, Thiruvananthapuram

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Village in Kerala, India

Kallara

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Kallara

Location in Kerala, India

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Kallara

Kallara (India)

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Coordinates: 8°42′46″N 76°57′08″E﻿ / ﻿8.712718°N 76.952361°E﻿ / 8.712718; 76.952361
Country|  India
State| Kerala
District| Thiruvananthapuram
Talukas| Nedumangad
Government

• Body| Gram panchayat
Population

(2001)

• Total

| 25,779
Languages

• Official| Malayalam, English
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

695608[1]

Telephone code| 0472-28
Vehicle registration| KL-01, KL-16, KL-21
Nearest city| Trivandrum
Lok Sabha constituency| Attingal
Vidhan Sabha constituency| Vamanapuram

Kallara is a village and a Grama Panchayat[2] in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located near Karette, a junction in the MC road.[3]

Kallara is located approximately 40 km from Thiruvananthapuram city, 7 km from the State Highway, and 20 km from National Highway 47. [citation needed]

″The Kallara-Pangode Freedom Struggle″ is one of the 39 agitations declared by the Government of India as the movements that led to the country gaining independence from the British rule.[citation needed] It is listed alongside some of the most important movements of Indian independence such as Quit India Movement, Khilafat Movement, Malabar Rebellion, the Ghaddar Movement and Hollwell Revolt Movement by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. It is ranked 26th among the 39 most revered movements that were part of Indian Independence Movement and culminated in the British rule ending over Indian territories in 1947.[citation needed]

Kallara Vocational Higher Secondary School located in kallara town (100 years). One of the Famous Temple "Kallara Ayiravilly Kshethram",Grameena grandasala and Islamic reading room situated in pattara also ti be mentioned. Kallara is a secular panchayath, here peoples of all religion hold their hands together for over all development.[citation needed] The famous temple Thumpodu mudippura devi temple is situated in Thumpodu ward of kallara panchayath [citation needed] Raktha sakshi mandapam, in memory of those who shed blood in kallara pangodu revolution is situated in the town. Juma masjid of kallara is also situated in the town, thousands of devotees used to come and pray here.[citation needed]

Kallara is famous for the south indian top movie stars, sisters AMBIKA and RADHA and their mother KALLARA SARASAMMA close aid of K karunakaran for 40 years.[citation needed]

Kallara in Trivandrum district is mostly derived by famous "Nair" Community, who were close aid at the kingdom of Kilimanoor palace. 2 centuries ago it was thick forest and rough regions and Nair’s conquered these forests with the approval of the king from the Kilimanoor Palace.[citation needed] Though it is Nair dominated community, Kollam vilakathu veedu(Mr.Dhamodharan Pillai connection with Kilimanoor Palace) is one of the famous Nair families in Pankadu,Kallara is having a great mixture of all caste and religions, especially highly positioned Islam community.[citation needed] Communities of kallara lives with harmony among all walk of people, caste and religion and Kallara town serves a vital junction for many businesses connecting to several local areas, such as Pangodu, kilimanoor, palode, which extend to the Tamil Nadu Border to Schencotah and Coutralam through a marvelous picturestic hilly route, within 40 km.[citation needed] Pangodu police station and kilimanoor police station serves the areas of Kallara, and crimes are relatively less due to the clos knit community living.[citation needed]

## Demographics

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As of 2001[update] India census, Kallara had a population of 25,779 with 12,080 males and 13,699 females.[3]

## Politics

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Assembly constituency: Vamanapuram Lok Sabha constituency: Attingal.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "India Post :Pincode Search". Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
2. ^ Kallara, Grama Panchayat. "Grama Panchayat Information". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
3. ^ a b Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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Thiruvananthapuram district

District HQ: Thiruvananthapuram

History|

* Travancore
* Battle of Colachel

Geography|

* Karamana River
* Vamanapuram River
* Neyyar River
* Varkala Beach
* Agastya Mala
* Ponmudi
* Meenmutty Falls
* Kovalam
* Neyyar Dam
* Shankumugham Beach

Cities and Taluks|

| Taluks|

* Chirayinkeezhu
* Neyyattinkara
* Nedumangad
* Thiruvananthapuram

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Corporations|

* Thiruvananthapuram

Municipalities|

* Varkala
* Neyyattinkara
* Nedumangad
* Attingal

Transport|

* Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
* Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station
* Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station
* Varkala Sivagiri railway station
* Kochuveli railway station
* Neyyattinkara railway station
* Central Bus Station Thiruvananthapuram
* NH 47
* Main Central Road
* Nemom railway station

Education|

* University of Kerala
* Thiruvananthapuram Medical College
* Thiruvananthapuram Engineering College
* Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering
* Trivandrum International School
* Mahatma Gandhi College
* Centre for Earth Science Studies
* College of Engineering Attingal
* Swathi Thirunal College of Music
* College of Fine Arts Trivandrum

Buildings|

* Padmanabhaswamy Temple
* Secretariat Building
* Halcyon Castle
* Kowdiar Palace
* Niyamasabha Mandiram
* Napier Museum
* Kanakakkunnu Palace

Culture|

* International Film Festival of Kerala
* Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
* Culture of Thiruvananthapuram

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Thiruvananthapuram
* Attingal

Sports|

* Thiruvananthapuram Golf Club
* Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
* University Stadium

Museums|

* Kerala Soil Museum
* Napier Museum

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