Kilikollur
Killikolloor | |
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Zone & Neighbourhood | |
 Kilikollur railway station entrance | |
  Killikolloor Location in Kollam, India  Killikolloor Killikolloor (Kerala) | |
| Coordinates: 8°55′2.76″N 76°37′59.08″E / 8.9174333°N 76.6330778°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Municipal Corporation | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Councillor |
| • Mayor | V. Rajendrababu (CPI(M)) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Vijaya Francis |
| • District collector | T. Mithra, IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.24 km2 (4.34 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 691 004 |
| Telephone code | 0474 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-02 |
| Website | www |
Kilikolloor, also known as Kilikollur, is a neighbourhood in Kollam district in Kerala, India.[1] It is a center of the cashew industry in the area,[2][3] and is also a hub of automobile production.
National Highway 744 passes through Killikolloor. It is served by Kilikollur railway station, a stop for trains to and from Kollam, Paravur, Punalur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari, Ernakulam, and Guruvayur.[4][5]
Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering is located in Kilikollur.[6] A zonal office of Kollam Municipal Corporation is also located in the neighbourhood.
Merging of Kilikollur with Kollam City Corporation
[edit]Kilikollur was a panchayath and was formed in 1953. It was included in Anchalumoodu block of Kollam district with an area of 11.24 km2.[7] Kollam has been a commercial center in India since at least 851 AD.[8] When Kollam Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation in the year 2000, it was merged with Killikollur.[9][10]
Location
[edit]- Kollam Junction railway station - 5.5 km
- Andamukkam City Bus Stand - 6 km
- Kollam KSRTC Bus Station - 6.5 km
- Kollam Port - 8 km
- Chinnakada - 5.5 km[11]
- Thangassery - 8.2 km
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Expoters Directory - The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
- ^ [2] Pincode of Killikolloor, Kollam
- ^ [3] Trains from Kilikollur - Indiarailinfo
- ^ [4] Six new stops for Punalur - Guruvayur train : TOI
- ^ [5] Archived 27 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
- ^ [6] Welcome to the Land of Cashews - Kollam
- ^ [7] Methodology - Conceptual framework of the problem
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Rapid Baseline Assessment - Kollam City - ^ [8] Residents' associations hail UDF panel decision - The Hindu
- ^ [9] Kilikollur, Kollam - Kerala Tourism
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