Chavara

Chavara is a village in Karunagappally taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is a part of Quilon Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Until 8 March 2020, the MLA of the Chavara constituency was Vijayan Pillai, who died on that day.[2] The position is currently vacant.

Chavara
Suburb & Block
Govt. HSS, Chavara
Coordinates: 8.9952900°N 76.532880°E / 8.9952900; 76.532880
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Language
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode
691583
Telephone code476
Vehicle registrationKL-23
Nearest cityKollam
Lok Sabha constituencyKollam
Chavara backwaters
Guhananda Puram temple

Location and tourism

Chavara is situated on the shores of the Arabian sea and the major freshwater lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi, which flows through it. Chavara has many lakes and lagoons including Sasthamkota Lake. Popular tourist destinations are Kattilmekkathil Devi Temple, St Andrew's Church, Kovilthottam, Kottankulangara Devi Temple , Kovilthottam beach and lighthouse as well as the area around Ashtamudi lake.[3]

Industries

The village has a high supply of mineral sand, mainly titanium in its beaches. For the processing of titanium, India's first titanium sponge plant (TSP) was developed by KMML (Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd) here, inaugurated in 2011 by the then Defence Minister of India, AK Antony . IRE (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) is another public sector unit located in Chavara.[4] Kerala Premo Pipes a govt company (under KWA) in Chavara has been lying closed for the past 18 years. The Premo pipe factory which started production in 1961 and was closed in 1997 following adverse market conditions. Though an MOU was signed between KWA and HLL in the year 2011 for starting PVC pipes, it is yet to be materialized.[5]


Footnotes
  1. "Assembly Constituencies — Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  2. "Chavara MLA M N Vijayan Pillai passes away". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "Constituency". Ministry of Labour, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "News Archives: The Hindu". Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. http://www.thehindu.com/2011/02/09/Todays-paper-kollam

References

Kottankulangara Festival

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