Karavaloor is a village

Village

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 in Pathanapuram Taluk of Kollam district

Kollam district

-Climate:Kollam's temperature is almost steady throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius. Summer usually runs from March until May; the monsoon begins by June and ends by September. Kollam receives an annual average rainfall of around...

 in the state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

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Demographics

India census

Census

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, Karavaloor had a population of 23709 with 11334 males and 12375 females.

Karavaloor can also be written as karavalur. There is a history or myth behind the name Karavalur, which 'kara' is a word derived from name khara", demon who took his sword at this place yo fight aganist lord SREE RAM..... "Val"(Swod) "Uru" (place). The elaborated meaning of the name Karavalur in the language " Malayalam" means, "the place where DEMON KHARA took his sword"
the shiva idol of peedika bhagavathy TEMPLE is considered to be installed by lord RAM..

Transportation

Nearest Bus Station

Punalur KSRTC Bus Station (6KM).

Kollam KSRTC Bus Station(Quilon) (40 KM)

Nearest Railway Stations

Punalur Railway Station (6 KM)

Kollam Railway Station (38 KM)

Nearest Airport

Trivandrum International Airport (90 KM)