Kollemcode
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Kollemcode
[8°17'17"N/77°6'39"E] is located north-west to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) and south-east to Trivandrum (capital of Kerala
). This place has historical importance since the Portuguese invasion in India.Kollemcode was a part of the Travancore state ,later came under Tamil Nadu state.According to Census of India Website, Kollemcode is the second largest town in Kanyakumari District with a polulation of 34,425 only behind Largest Town in Kanyakumari District Nagercoil with a population of 208,179. Colachel is third largest town (population: 23,787). It has around 1600 acres (6.5 km²) of harvest land, beautiful long golden beaches,back waters and a mountain on one side. Kollemcode is a gifted place to live. Considered to be a thickly populated place, Kollemcode is blessed with a lot of lush-vegetated areas surrounded by trees.
Kollemcode is another place where you can feel humanity & communal harmony. Kollemcode is one of the highly literate town with more than 90% literacy.
Population : 34,425
Literate %: 99.99%
Source of Income :Fishing/Farms/Retail.
[8°17'17"N/77°6'39"E] is located north-west to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) and south-east to Trivandrum (capital 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....
). This place has historical importance since the Portuguese invasion in India.Kollemcode was a part of the Travancore state ,later came under Tamil Nadu state.According to Census of India Website, Kollemcode is the second largest town in Kanyakumari District with a polulation of 34,425 only behind Largest Town in Kanyakumari District Nagercoil with a population of 208,179. Colachel is third largest town (population: 23,787). It has around 1600 acres (6.5 km²) of harvest land, beautiful long golden beaches,back waters and a mountain on one side. Kollemcode is a gifted place to live. Considered to be a thickly populated place, Kollemcode is blessed with a lot of lush-vegetated areas surrounded by trees.
Kollemcode is another place where you can feel humanity & communal harmony. Kollemcode is one of the highly literate town with more than 90% literacy.
Basic Info
Area : 48000 acres (194.2 km²)Population : 34,425
Literate %: 99.99%
Source of Income :Fishing/Farms/Retail.
Festivals
- St. Nicholas Feast
- St. Mary's Feast
- Our Lady of Dolours Feast
- St. Antony's Feast
- St.Jonn Feast
- Rabba Mohammed ul Feast
- Kollemcode Thooka Maholsavam [Well known in Kanyakumari & Thiruvananthapuram dist.]
Schools
- St. Aloysius H.S.S. Marthandanthurai
- John Bonal Matriculation School Marthandanthurai
- LMS primary school Vallavilai
- Ringle Taube LMS H.S.S. Venkanji,Kollemcode
- Lutheran H.S.Kalaparapottai
- St. Joseph's H.S. Siluvaipuram,
- St. Nicholas H.S. NeerodyNeerodyNeerody is a village located at the southern-most coastal tip of the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea, and the A.V.M. Canal. A road cuts the village into two. The principal language spoken in Neerody is Malayalam....
, - St. Jude's Middle School Vallavilai,
- ABC Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Govt H.S.S.Kollemcode
- Sree Devi G.H.S.S.Kollemcode
- Sree Vidhyadi Raja vidhya vikas Matric School,kollemcode
- Satya Bhama Matric,
- Mar Gergorious H.S.S. Kirathoor,
- Mar Gergorious Matric Kirathoor,
- COLLEGES (in and around Kollemcode)
- St.Jude's College of Arts & Sciences,Thuthur ,is located 4 km away from kollemcode.
- Stephens Teacher Training Institute.
Hospitals
- Rita Nursing Home, Medavilagam
- Grace Hospital, Medavilagam
- John Bonal Clinic,Convent,Marthandanthurai
- Convent Clinic, Vallavilai, Kollemcode
- Government Primary Health Care centre,Marthandanthurai
- Surya hospital, kacherinadai
- Shanthi Hospital Kannanagam