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 | |
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Village | |
Kanjiramkulam | |
Coordinates: 8°21′0″N 77°3′0″E / 8.35000°N 77.05000°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
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) |
Poovar 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]
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