Karavilai | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 8.2961°N 77.2175°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanyakumari |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 629165 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04651 |
Registration Plate: | TN-75 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearby Cities |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Marthandam & Nagercoil & Trivandrum |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kanyakumari |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Vilavancode |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | 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.
Tamil is the official language of this region however, most of the people understand Malayalam since it is located neighbouring Kerala.
Area is full of greenery consist of banana, rubber, coconut plantations etc.
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.
The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) International Airport which is 40 km from Karavilai.
Kuzhithurai (Marthandam)[2] 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.
The town has 2 churches. C.S.I Church, Karavilai.[3] and Kirubasanam Church of Christ, Karavilai.[4] TPM Church, Bethel Street, Marthandam;[5] which is 2 km from Karavilai.
Cricket is the most popular game here. Games such as Volleyball, Kabaddi, Goli also played here.