Kanjiramkulam is an educational hub in Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala State, India and is located on Thiruvananthapuram – Kanyakumari NH 66 bypass signal junction and in between Neyyattinkara, municipality – Vizhinjam International mother port. It is located 4.5 km from Neyyattinkara town and 22 km from the Kerala State capital Thiruvananthapuram. The Indian Postal PIN Code of this village is 695 524. The nearest railway station is Neyyattinkara Railway Station (6 km) and the nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (27 km). The people well educated and spread all over the world. Kanjiramkulam residence association is the registered NGO in panchayath. Major water source Kanjiramkulam pond.
Kanjiramkulam | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kanjiramkulam | |
| Coordinates: 8°21′0″N 77°3′0″E / 8.35000°N 77.05000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Government | |
| • Body | Kanjiramkulam Grama Panchayath |
| • Panchayath president | Mrs Shylajakumari B |
| • Member of the Legislative Assembly (Kerala) | Mr. M Vincent |
| • Member of Parliament | Dr. Shashi Tharoor |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 25,030 (town/village) 880,986 (taluk) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam · English |
| • Spoken languages | Malayalam, English, Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 695 524 |
| Telephone code | 91 (0)471 226 0XXX |
| Coastline | 78 kilometres (48 mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1064 |
| Literacy | 98.72% |
| Planning agency | Assistant Engineer PWD kanjiramkulam |
| Civic agency | Kanjiramkulam Grama Panchayath |
| Climate | Am/Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,700 millimetres (67 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) |
List of Colleges
edit- Kunjukrishnan nadar memorial Government Arts & Science College, Kanjiramkulam[1]
- K N M B.Ed College of Teacher Education, Kanjiramkulam, self finance college
- University institute of technology
- Kerala university, Thiruvananthapuram
List of government office
edit- Village office
- police station
- panchayath office
- agriculture office
- sub registrar office
- public works department office
List of Schools
edit- Government Lower primary school, Kanjiramkulam.
- Mount Carmel Residential School, Kanjiramkulam
- Jawahar Central School, Kanjiramkulam
- PK Sathyanesan Higher Secondary School, Kanjiramkulam
- Government High School, Kanjiramkulam
- St. Helen's Girls' Higher Secondary School, Lourdupuram
- Panchayath High School kanjiramkulam, kazhivoor
- Government lower primary school, nellikkakuzhi
List of Schools near the City
edit- Mar Ivanios Public School, Venpakal
- Leo XIII Higher Secondary School, Pulluvilla
- New Higher Secondary School, Nellimoodu
- St.Chrysostom's G.H.S.S Nellimoodu
List of Government hospitals in Kanjiramkulam
edit- Government Primary Health Center.
- Government Ayurveda Health Center.
- Government Ayurveda Marma hospital, x ray and yoga treatment
- Government homeopathic Dispensary, near government panchayath high school.
List of Hospitals
edit- CSI Mission hospital, Kanjiramkulam
- Extension center of Dr. Somervel
- Medical college Karakkonam
- [nellikkakuzhi] radiologist service (Ultrasound scan)
- SR hospital, chani neurology speciality
- Jayanthis Clinic, obstetrics and gynaecology
- Selvaraj Hospital
- Anupama hospital
List of Dental hospitals
edit- Divine Dental clinic
- dr. melvin joseph dentel clinic
List of Banking and Finance
edit- State bank of India
- Federal bank of India
- Kerala state financial enterprises ltd
- kerala bank, kanjiramkulam
- Kanjiramkulam Service co operate society
List of Catholic Churches in the city
edit- Nithyasahaya Matha Malankara Catholic pilgrim parish
- St. Francis Assisi Church, Kulathinkara.
- Divyakaruniya Deevalayam, Venkulam.
- Our Lady of Lourde church Lourdepuram.
- Holy Family Church, Mulluvila
- Christ The King Church, Christnagar, Chani
Social Services
edit- Kanjiramkulam residence association
- Kanjiramkulam sannadha sena, secretary grama panchayath
Closest cities, towns and villages
editPoovar beach is 4 km from the town; Kovalam beach is 8 km from the town. The distance between Kanjiramkulam town and Vizhinjam International Seaport is 7 km. Ponmudi is 39 km from the town. Neyyar Dam (35 km from Kanjiramkulam town), is another popular picnic spot. Kanyakumari is 64 km from Kanjiramkulam town.
Climate
editKöppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies it climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).
Kanjiramkulam (which lies 4.5 km away to the south west of Neyyattinkara town) has heavy rains during June–August due to the southwest monsoon. Winter starts from December and continues till February. In summer, the temperature rises to a maximum of 32 °C (90 °F) and 31 °C (88 °F) in the winters. Record high temperature in neighbouring Thiruvananthapuram is 39 °C (102 °F). Annual average rainfall is 3,100 mm (120 in).[2]
| Climate data for Neyyattinkara | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26 (79) |
26.8 (80.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.7) |
27 (1.1) |
52 (2.0) |
144 (5.7) |
248 (9.8) |
457 (18.0) |
336 (13.2) |
222 (8.7) |
201 (7.9) |
290 (11.4) |
205 (8.1) |
55 (2.2) |
2,256 (88.8) |
| Average rainy days | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 108 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Source 1: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weatherbase Trivandrum, India[4] for sunshine and rainy days | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kerala University (2015). "Kunjukrishnan Nadar Memorial Govt. Arts & Science College, Kanjiramkulam". APR Website. Kerala University. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Neyyattinkara (Thiruvananthapuram) Climate". Weatherbase. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Climate: Neyyattinkara - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Neyyattinkara (Thiruvananthapuram)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 23 June 2015.