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Country
  
India

District
  
Kanyakumari

PIN
  
629165

Literacy
  
100%

Area code
  
04651

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
04651

Local time
  
Friday 2:51 PM

Karavilai

Weather
  
31°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 73% Humidity

Karavilai 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.

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

Features

  • A Government library with good collection of books, magazines and Tamil daily newspapers is available.
  • A Cashew nut factory is situated in this place.
  • Area is full of greenery consist of banana,rubber,coconut,plantations,etc.
  • More than one Tailoring shops is present in this region.

    • 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 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.
  • Kirubasanam Church of Christ, Karavilai.
  • TPM Church, Bethel Street, Marthandam; which is 2 km from Karavilai.

    • Notable Places

  • Primary Agriculture Co-operative Credit Society, Karavilai.
  • Government Public Library, Karavilai.
  • MARK Cashew Nut Factory, Karavilai.
  • Govt. Higher Secondary School, Nalloor(Nallur), which is 1 km apart.
  • Tip Top Tailors, Karavilai.
  • Neduvaali Pond, Karavilai.

    • Sports

    Cricket is the most popular game here like the rest of the nation.

    Games such as Volleyball, Kabaddi, Goli also played here.

    References

    Karavilai Wikipedia
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