Karavilai

Karavilai[1] is a place in Marthandam in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Karavilai comes under town panchayat of Nallur(Nalloor), Kanyakumari District. The area is full of greenery and there is passage of shallow of water in the region. Soil found around Marthandam is one of the most fertile lands of Tamil Nadu and the region has the climatic conditions of Kerala.

This article is about the place near Marthandam. For the place near Villukuri town, see Karavilai (Villukuri panchayat).

Karavilai
Town
Karavilai
Coordinates: 8.29613°N 77.21749°E / 8.29613; 77.21749
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKanyakumari
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
629165
Telephone code04651
Vehicle registrationTN-75
Nearby CitiesMarthandam & Nagercoil & Trivandrum
Lok Sabha constituencyKanyakumari
Vidhan Sabha constituencyVilavancode
Literacy100%

Tamil is the official language of this region however, most of the people understand Malayalam since it is located neighbouring Kerala.

Features
  • A Government library with good collection of books, magazines and Tamil daily newspapers is available.
  • A Cashew nut factory is situated in this place.
  • Area is full of greenery consist of banana, rubber, coconut plantations etc.
  • More than one Tailoring shops is present in this region.

Climate

[2] [3]

Climate data for Karavilai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 27
(81)		 28
(82)		 30
(86)		 31
(88)		 32
(90)		 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 27
(81)		 30
(85)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)		 25
(77)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 21
(70)		 21
(70)		 23
(73)
Source: [2][3]

Transport

Roadways

This place has bus services from Marthandam. Road from Karavilai connect with nearby places such as Pallanvilai, Karavilaagam, and Marthandam.

Nearby Bus Stand is the Marthandam New Bus Stand Which is at a distance of 2 km from Karavilai.

Air

The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) International Airport which is 40 km from Karavilai.

Railways
Kuzhithurai (Marthandam) Railway Station.

Kuzhithurai (Marthandam)[4] railway station is situated at a distance of 1.5 km from Karavilai . This railway station collection is more than seven crore per annum and a daily passenger patronage of more than 50,000 people. The station has two platforms and falls on the Kanyakumari—Trivandrum line in the Trivandrum Division of the Southern Railway zone. Most of all daily trains passing through the station halts in Kuzhithurai station.

Daily Passenger trains to Nagercoil, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Kottayam and Kollem. It has direct trains for Chennai, Madurai, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Jammu, Mumbai C.S.T etc.

Churches
  • C.S.I Church,Karavilai.[5]
C.S.I Church, Karavilai
  • Kirubasanam Church of Christ, Karavilai.[6]
  • TPM Church, Bethel Street, Marthandam;[7] which is 2 km from Karavilai.

Notable Places
  • Primary Agriculture Co-operative Credit Society, Karavilai.[8]
  • Government Public Library, Karavilai.[9]
  • MARK Cashew Nut Factory, Karavilai.[10]
  • Govt. Higher Secondary School, Nalloor(Nallur),[11] which is 1 km apart.
  • Tip Top Tailors, Karavilai.[12]
  • Neduvaali Pond, Karavilai.

Sports

Cricket is the most popular game here like the rest of the nation.

Games such as Volleyball, Kabaddi, Goli also played here.

  • Greenery Scene of Coconut Plantations in Karavilai
  • Sunset seen from Karavilai
  • Coconut trees seen across Karavilai
  • Twin Coconut trees standing up seeing the blue sky
  • Coconut trees grown denser around this region
  • Shallow stream in Karavilai
  • Panoramic view of coconut plantations backed by blue skies

See also

References
  1. Karavilai
  2. "Hydromet Division Updated/Real Time Maps". India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. "Kanyakumari Weather". Kanyakumari District. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. Kuzhithurai Railway Station Railway Station Rd, Marthandam, Tamil Nadu 629165 http://goo.gl/maps/eEsCX
  5. C.S.I. Karavilai wikiplaces://go/13366860 http://wikimapia.org/13366860sanam church wikipla
  6. Kirubasanam church wikiplaces://go/27705432 http://wikimapia.org/27705432
  7. TPM Church, Bhethel Street, Marthandam, Kanyakumari - Panvel Rd, Marthandam, Tamil Nadu 629165 http://goo.gl/maps/ZBDkg
  8. Karavilai Co-operative bank wikiplaces://go/18053624 http://wikimapia.org/18053624
  9. Library, Karavilai wikiplaces://go/8888142 http://wikimapia.org/8888142
  10. Mark Cashew factry wikiplaces://go/16426017 http://wikimapia.org/16426017
  11. G.H.S.School karavilagam, Marthandam, Tamil Nadu 629162 http://goo.gl/maps/Jtfd8
  12. Tip Top Tailors karavilai Rd Marthandam Tamil Nadu 629165 http://goo.gl/maps/gCXxg
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