Mevaram | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Kollam#Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kollam, India |
Coordinates: | 8.8689°N 76.6436°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Kollam |
Subdivision Type4: | City Zone |
Subdivision Name4: | Eravipuram |
Government Type: | Council |
Governing Body: | Kollam Municipal Corporation, Mayyanad Panchayat |
Leader Title1: | MP |
Leader Name1: | N.K Premachandran |
Leader Title2: | MLA |
Leader Name2: | M.Noushad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 691020 |
Registration Plate: | KL-02 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 33°C |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 21°C |
Website: | http://www.kollam.nic.in |
Mevaram, is a neighbourhood and a junction in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. The Kollam Bypass, which forms part of National Highway-66, begins from Mevaram junction.[1] [2] Mevaram is located at the borders of Kollam Municipal Corporation. It is the southern tip of Kollam City.
Mevaram is now a hot spot of Kollam city due to the presence of high number of super-speciality hospitals. Travancore Medicity Medical College, Meditrina Hospital (Kollam's tertiary care hospital), N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences (South Kerala's largest co-operative hospital), N.S Ayurveda Hospital, Ashtamudi Hospital & Trauma Care Centre (an initiative from a group of doctors) are hospitals in the Mevaram-Ayathil stretch.