Karavilai

This article is about the place near Marthandam. For the place near Villukuri town, see Karavilai (Villukuri panchayat).
Karavilai
காரவிளை, കാരവിള
Town
Karavilai
Coordinates: 8°17′46″N 77°13′03″E / 8.29613°N 77.21749°E / 8.29613; 77.21749Coordinates: 8°17′46″N 77°13′03″E / 8.29613°N 77.21749°E / 8.29613; 77.21749
Country India India
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanyakumari
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 629165
Telephone code 04651
Vehicle registration TN-75
Nearby Cities Marthandam & Nagercoil & Trivandrum
Lok Sabha constituency Kanyakumari
Vidhan Sabha constituency Vilavancode
Literacy 100%

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.

Shallow stream in Karavilai

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

Features

Panoramic view of coconut plantations backed by blue skies.

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)
29.5
(85.2)
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)
22.7
(72.8)
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

Notable Places

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.

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karavilai.
  1. Karavilai
  2. 1 2 "Hydromet Division Updated/Real Time Maps". India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kanyakumari Weather". Kanyakumari District.
  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/13366860]
  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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