Kulathupuzha
Kulathupuzha | |
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  Kulathupuzha Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°54′30″N 77°03′20″E / 8.9082295°N 77.055501°ECoordinates: 8°54′30″N 77°03′20″E / 8.9082295°N 77.055501°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 424.06 km2 (163.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 33,271 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 691310 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-25 |
| Nearest city | Kollam |
| Literacy | 86.62% |
Kulathupuzha (കുളത്തൂപ്പുഴ) is a township on the eastern part of Kollam, Kerala, India. One of the largest Panchayat in State.This town is situated on Kallada River/Kulathupuzha River bank and Thiruvananthapuram – Thenmala "SH-2" road State Highway-2 & Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod State Highway SH 59. Kulathupuzha is 62 km away from Thiruvananthapuram, 58 km away from Kollam and 9 km from Thenmala Eco Tourism Project[1]
Kulathupuzha is the birthplace of South Indian music legend "Raveendran Master" Raveendran. It is famous for Sastha temple here, its river fishes and pristine forest with exotic Myristica swamps, High-Tech Dairy Farm of the Kerala Livestock Development Board (indo-Swiss project) Rubber Plantations (RPL, Kerala & Government of India Joint Venture),Oil Palm India plantations (Kerala Government 51% Government Of India 49% Joint Venture) Forest Museum,"Sanjeevani"(Kerala Forest Department)Fresh Water Fish Hatchery (Kerala Fisheries Department),Sam Ummen Memorial Technical High School (SUM GTHS), Inspection Bungalow (I B,PWD Department)
Kulathupuzha Temple[]
Kulathupuzha is well known for the Sastha temple. The presiding deity at the Kulathupuzha Temple is known as Bala Sastha who is Lord Hariharaputra. The "Vishu Maholsavam" in April is the most important festival of this temple. The temple legend is intertwined with fishes in nearby river (Kallada River/Kulathupuzha River[citation needed]
Kulathupuzha Reserve Forest[]
Kulathupuzha forms a part of the southernmost reserve forests of the State, falling in the SOI sheet No. 58 H/1. Kulathupuzha reserve covers an area under 1000 km2. Its forest constitutes predominantly of tropical wet - and semi - evergreens and moist deciduous types. Apart from settlements, some parts are occupied by Forest departmental plantations mainly of teak, eucalyptus and acacia. The plantations are grown by planting saplings on cleared natural forests. Plantations are raised to sustain and supplement the timber needs of a few industries in the State. popularly known as the Rakoodu Estate (Rock Wood Estate) is near Kulathupuzha. Senthurini Wilde Life Sanctuary is near Kulathupuzha. Kallar estate is one of the famous tea estates left over from British ruling times. A British bungalows is there.
Kulathupuzha forests have the largest variety of exotic Myristica Swamp freshwater variety swamp in Kerala. Besides Kulathupuzha it is found in India only at Idukki Uttara Kannada and Shivaliks Himalayas.
Kallada rivers origine from Kulathupuzha
Transport[]
Roadway
KSRTC, KURTC and Private Buses connect all major Cities like Thiruvathapuram,State Capital connect with two route 1) "SH-2" Palode- Nedumangad-TVPM 2) "SH-59" Anchal-TVPM, Kollam,District Capital ( Limited Stop Chain service every 20 min ) Thenkasi (Inter State buses from KSRTC Central Depo Palode-Nedumangad-Thiruvanathapuram ) ,Palode,Nedumangad, Kadakkal, Attingal, Varkala, Thenmala, Aryankavu,Rosemala, Punalur, Kottarakara, Pathanamthitta, Erumeli, Alappuzha, Ernakulam.
KSRTC Kulathupuzha have one of Largest Bus depot in the State.
Railway
Thenmal Southern Railway station 11 Km. https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/
Airport
adani Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Limited (ATIAL)(TRV) 64 Km.https://www.trivandrumairport.com/
Seaport
Kollam Port 63 Km.
Vizhinjam International Seaport 75 km.https://www.vizhinjamport.in/aboutproject.php
Helipad
RPL Helipad Ground
High-Tech Dairy Farm[]
Hi-tech dairy farm at Kulathupuzha established by KLDB is the first hi-tech dairy farm in India under government sector. It will be a model hi-tech bull mother dairy farm with all the latest technologies on feeding, milking, shed management and recording practices as a model in the state for production of bull calves for breeding programme and supply of high producing females calves to farmers by importing Embryos, Frozen Semen, and Sexed semen.
Sanjeevani,Kulathupuzha[]
It is a conservation site of medicinal plants managed by Kerala Forest Department, Kollam Social Forestry Division. About 400 rare, endemic and indigenous medicinal species are conserved and protected here. All the species are well labelled so as to get basic information about the plant and its usage. Ayurveda students, college students, local medical practitioners and common people can make use of this medicinal garden. Now the garden is renovated and a well organised demonstration plot is created here. moreover now the visitors can enjoy a one kilometer light trekking through the natural forest which is the part of the garden.
Economy[]
1) Rubber Plantations 2) NRI Remittances(Large number of NRI's working in UAE,US & UK ) 3) Oil Plam India 4) KLD indo-Swiss Protect 5) Timber Depo
Banks
Central Bank of India (CBI)
State Bank of India (SBI)
Repco Bank Limited (RBL)
Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB)
Kerala Bank (KB)
Federal Bank Limited (Fed Bank)
India Post Payment Bank (IPPB)
Kulathupuzha Service Co-op Bank(K SCB)
Fino Payment Bank Limited (BPCL Punp)
Non Banking Financing Companies
[1]KSFE Limited
Muthoot Fincorp Limited (2 Branches)
Chemmanur Credits and Investments
Urukunnu Service Co-operative Bank Limited
References[]
- ^ "കുളത്തൂപ്പുഴ ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Kulathupuzha Grama Panchayat)". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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