Parasuvaikkal

Parasuvaikkal
പരശുവയ്ക്കല്‍
village
Parasuvaikkal
Parasuvaikkal

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°E / 8.3648; 77.1375Coordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°E / 8.3648; 77.1375
Country  India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Government
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population (2001)
 • Total 17,092
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 695 508
Telephone code +91 471 22
Vehicle registration KL-19
Nearest city Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency Thiruvananthapuram
Vidhan Sabha constituency Parassala

Parasuvaikkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] Parasuvaikkal has two Hindu temples namely Parasuvaikkal major Sree Bhagavathy temple governed by Travancore Devaswom Board and Ponnamkulam Devi Kshethram. Goddess Durga is the main deity worshipped here. A mosque and number of churches are there. Educational institutions are very few in number. BFM residential school and a few government schools are there.There is a private hospital too in parasuvaikal -Saroja hospital.

Transport

Parasuvaikkal is the very next village after parassala from Kerala - Tamil Nadu Border and its well connected to a number of major cities in Kerala by road and rail.

A small railway station in the Southern Railway network is nearby, namely Dhanuvachapuram. Most of the passenger trains stops here.

The Salem - Kanyakumari National Highway (NH 47) passes through the village. Government buses as well as private bus services operate between Trivandrum and other major towns such as Parassala, Neyyattinkara, Balaramapuram, Kollam and the northern districts of Kerala.

Trivandrum International Airport, Cochin International Airport, Tuticorin Airport, Madurai Airport are the nearest airports.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Parasuvaikkal had a population of 17092 with 8477 males and 8615 females.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)


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