Kadakkal

Kadakkal
—  city  —
Kadakkal
Location of Kadakkal
in Kerala and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Kerala
District(s) Kollam
Nearest city Kollam
Parliamentary constituency Kollam
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Kadakkal is a wonderful historic town located in the Eastern part of Kollam district, Kerala. It is five kilometres away from Nilamel, which is on Trivandrum - Angamaly State Highway (MC Road). State highway 64 passes through the town. The town is an important business centre and is known for its spice production.

Kadakkal is well known for the socio-revolutionary activities held in the Pre-independence period of India.The most important one of them is Kadakkal Revolution (Kadakkal Viplavam) led by Franco Raghavan Pillai.

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Education

Educational facilities available at Kadakkal

Private Educational Institutions

This area is also famous for its parallel education systems, which include:

State Government Offices

Economy & Religion

Kadakkal town is an important business centre. Kadakkal Chantha (Market) is very famous, especially for its agrarian commodity business like coconut, arecanut, copra, tapioca, rubber, etc . Kadakkal Panchayat is a Special Grade Panchayat. It covers a vast geographical area with a huge population of Hindus and Muslims. Christians are very rare. Chithara, Nilamel, Ittiva, Kummil and Chadayamangalam are the neighboring Panchayats.

Festival

Kadakkal Devi Temple comes alive during Thiruvathira festival held in March, and is one of the prime festivals of the region. The temple festivities attract large crowds from various parts of the state, which are a ten day program including main festival at Thiruvathira with Eduppukuthira. Kadakkal amma or goddess is considered as a very powerful deity by Hindus. The ten day "Thiruvathira" festival ends with 'Guruzi'.

Politics

Current MLA of the Assembly Constituency is Mullakkara Rathnakaran, who hails from Kummil and represents CPI. Present MP of the Parliament Constituency is Peethampara Kuruppu of INC.

One can easily reach Kadakkal by getting down at Nilamel. And this place is well connected with Anchal, Kilimanoor and Madathara too.

Hospitals

Transport

Air

Nearest Airport is Trivandrum International Airport, which is 55 km away.

Rail

The town is well-connected with Varkkala, Kollam Jn and Punalur raiway stations.

Cashew Factories

Auditoriums

Finance Services

Major Businesses Establishments

References

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