Thalavoor

Thalavoor

Talavūr
Thalavoor Talavūr
village
	Navarathri Mandapam
	Coordinates: 9°2′40″N 76°49′46″E / 9.04444°N 76.82944°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Area
• Total	33.67 km2 (13.00 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691508
Telephone code	+91 475 .......
Vehicle registration	KL-80
Nearest city	Kollam
Nearest town	Kottarakkara
Sex ratio	1069 : 1000 ♂/♀
Literacy	90.61%
Lok Sabha constituency	Mavelikkara

Thalavoor is a village located in the district of Kollam in the Kerala state of India. It is 77 km to the north of the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram, and 28 km to the east of District Capital, Kollam. Thalavoor village is bordered by Pattazhy village to the north, Pidavoor village to the north-east, Vilakkudy village to the south-east, Melila village to the south and Mylom village to the west. Thalavoor is a part of Pathanapuram Block Panchayat

History

In earlier times, this land was a part of Elayadathu Swarupam, a principality ruled by a branch of the Travancore Royal Family.^{[citation needed]} Kottarakkara was the capital of Elayadathu Swarupam.

Etymology

Up to 18th century, this land was a part of "Ilayidathu Swaroopam". At that time, most of the leaders (Malayalam: Thalavanmaar) in the Ilayidathu Swaroopam were from this place. They headed various departments of this royal dynasty. Hence this place came to known as "Thalavoor", meaning "Thalavanmaarude Ooru" i.e. "The Place of Leaders".^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Geographical Location

Latitude : 9°2'40"N

Longitude : 76°49'46"E

Sectors of Land

The land of thalavoor is traditionally divided into six zones.

Pandithitta (North-West Zone of Thalavoor)
Manjakkala (North-East Zone of Thalavoor)
Nadutheri (Central Zone of Thalavoor)
Njarakkadu (South-East Zone of Thalavoor)
Kura (South-West Zone of Thalavoor)
Vadacodu (South-West Zone of Thalavoor)
Aringada (South Zone of Thalavoor)

Governance

Thalavoor, like other parts of India, is governed by different levels of government such as the three tiers of 'Panchayatraj', namely Village, Block and Jilla and, of course, the state and central governments. The revenue and land administration has the village as the basic unit.

Wards of Thalavoor Gramapanchayath

Ward No.	Ward Name	Ward Member
1	Pandithitta	Anu Xavier Kadakampallil
2	Ambalanirappu	Rajesh V.
3	Tathamangalam	Shinu
4	Meleppura	Annamma Philip
5	Parankimammukal	Vatsala A.
6	Pazhanjikkadavu	Ponnachan O.
7	Panampatta	Biju T.M.
8	Pidavoor	Radhamohanan G.
9	Aruvithara	Radhakrishnan N.
10	Kamukumcheri	Santhosh Kumar K.R.
11	Chittashery	Suresh Kumar K.R.
12	Neduvannoor	Sheena Murali
13	Manjakkala	Geetha Kumari
14	Nadutheri	Vijaya Lakshmi
15	Randalummoodu	Jyothi Lakshmi
16	Njarakkadu	Thalavoor S. Rakesh
17	Aringada	Deepa Teacher
18	Vadacodu	Ambili Dasappan
19	Alakkuzhi	Vijaya Kumar R
20	Kura	Jalaja Gopinath

Places of worship

Hindu Temples

Sri Durga Devi Kshetram, Trikkonnamarcodu, Njarakkadu
Sri Mahadeva Kshetram, Saptarshimangalam, Nadutheri
Sree Krishna Kshetram, Nadutheri
Sri Gurisimankavu Dharmashasta Kshetram, Pandithitta
Thrikkara Sree Krishna Swami Kshetram, Kura
Sree Mahadeva Kshetram, Chunakkara, Millumukku, Kura
Sri Vasudevancode Kshetram, Vadacodu
Charoor Bhagavathy Temple, Vadacodu
Kaduvancode Bhagavathy Temple, Vadacodu
Sree Durga Devi Temple, Aringada
Sree Nagaraja Kshetram, Randalumoodu
Sree Atoorkavu Devi Kshetram, Manjakala
Sree Mahalakshmi Temple manjakkala pulimukku
Sree Dharmasastha temple manjakkala

Malanadakavu

Chundamala malanadakavu, Randalummoodu

Churches

St. George Orthodox Church, Ambalathinnirappu
Shalom IPC Hall, Ambalathinnirappu
Palakkuzhi Marthoma Church Ambalathinnirappu
Mar Semavoon Destooni Orthodox Church, Manjakkala
Manjakala Trinity Marthoma Church,Parankimammukal
St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Manjakkala
St. George Orthodox Church, Kulamudy
St. Jude Orthodox Chapel, Santhi Bhavan, Nadutheri
St. George Orthodox Church, Naduthery (East), Melepura
Bethel AG Church, Nadutheri
Marthoma Church, Nadutheri
St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Pandithitta
Tabor Marthoma Church, Pandithitta
Divya Rekshaka Latin Catholic Church (Romapally), Pandithitta
Brethren Church, Pandithitta
St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Pandithitta
C.S.I. Church, Randalummoodu
St. Mary's Orthodox Valiya Palli, Randalummoodu
St. John's Orthodox Church, Vadacodu
St. John's Malankara Catholic Church, Vadacodu
St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Alakkuzhy
Sacred heart latin catholic church, Aringada

Educational institutions

Government Lower Primary School, Vadacodu
Government Lower Primary School, Kura, Thalavoor
Government Lower Primary School, Njarakkadu, Thalavoor
Government Lower Primary School, Pandithitta
Government Upper Primary School, Nadutheri, Thalavoor
Devi Vilasom Vocational Higher Secondary School and Devi Vilasom High School, Thalavoor
Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manjakkala, Thalavoor
Government W.L.P.S., Ampalathinnirappu
Christhuraj I.T.C., Pandithitta
Holy Cross Public School, Pandithitta
Government Welfare LPS, Aruvithara

Hospitals

Government Ayurveda Hospital, Nadutheri, Thalavoor
Primary Health Centre, Thalavoor
Ayush Primary health centre, NHM, Homoeo, Thalavoor

Nearby Places

Kunnicode-4 km
Pattazhy-6 km
Pathanapuram-8 km
Kottarakkara-8 km
Punalur-12 km

External links

References

Latitude and Longitude of Thalavoor