Pullikada | |
Other Name: | Pullikkada |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Kollam#Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kollam, India |
Coordinates: | 8.8893°N 76.5918°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kollam |
Governing Body: | Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC) |
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: | 691001 |
Registration Plate: | KL-02 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kollam |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kollam Municipal Corporation |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 34°C |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 22°C |
Website: | http://www.kollam.nic.in |
Pullikada or Pullikkada is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in Kerala, India. Pullikada is very close to Chinnakada - the city CBD of Kollam and is a part of Downtown Kollam.[1] The Coconut Development Board of India is planning to start a Coconut Processing Unit in Pullikada.[2]
Pullikada colony is an important slum in the city. Rs.660 Crores Rajiv Awas Yojana project for poverty and slums alleviation is on implementation stage in Kollam.[3] The scheme, which aims at the social, cultural and economic progress of the slum-dwellers, will also provide them houses with water supply, electricity, roads, drainage and other basic amenities. As a pilot project, it would be introduced on SMP Colony in the city and then to Pullikada colony.[4] [5]