Thalavoor | |
Other Name: | Talavūr |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 9.0444°N 76.8294°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Name2: | Kollam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 33.67 |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 691508 |
Area Code: | +91 475 ....... |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | KL-80 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kollam |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English, Hindi |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Nearest town |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kottarakkara |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 1069 : 1000 ♂/♀ |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | 90.61% |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank5 Info Sec1: | Mavelikkara |
Thalavoor is a village located in the district of Kollam in the Kerala state of India. It is 77 km to the north of the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram, and 28 km to the east of District Capital, Kollam. Thalavoor village is bordered by Pattazhy village to the north, Pidavoor village to the north-east, Vilakkudy village to the south-east, Melila village to the south and Mylom village to the west. Thalavoor is a part of Pathanapuram Block Panchayat
In earlier times, this land was a part of Elayadathu Swarupam, a principality ruled by a branch of the Travancore Royal Family.Kottarakkara was the capital of Elayadathu Swarupam.
Up to 18th century, this land was a part of "Ilayidathu Swaroopam". At that time, most of the leaders (Malayalam: Thalavanmaar) in the Ilayidathu Swaroopam were from this place. They headed various departments of this royal dynasty. Hence this place came to known as "Thalavoor", meaning "Thalavanmaarude Ooru" i.e. "The Place of Leaders".
Latitude : 9°2'40"N
Longitude : 76°49'46"E
The land of thalavoor is traditionally divided into six zones.
Thalavoor, like other parts of India, is governed by different levels of government such as the three tiers of 'Panchayatraj', namely Village, Block and Jilla and, of course, the state and central governments. The revenue and land administration has the village as the basic unit.
Wards of Thalavoor Gramapanchayath
Ward No. | Ward Name | Ward Member | |
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1 | Pandithitta | Anu Xavier Kadakampallil | |
2 | Ambalanirappu | Rajesh V. | |
3 | Tathamangalam | Shinu | |
4 | Meleppura | Annamma Philip | |
5 | Parankimammukal | Vatsala A. | |
6 | Pazhanjikkadavu | Ponnachan O. | |
7 | Biju T.M. | ||
8 | Radhamohanan G. | ||
9 | Aruvithara | Radhakrishnan N. | |
10 | Kamukumcheri | Santhosh Kumar K.R. | |
11 | Chittashery | Suresh Kumar K.R. | |
12 | Sheena Murali | ||
13 | Manjakkala | Geetha Kumari | |
14 | Nadutheri | Vijaya Lakshmi | |
15 | Jyothi Lakshmi | ||
16 | Njarakkadu | Thalavoor S. Rakesh | |
17 | Aringada | Deepa Teacher | |
18 | Vadacodu | Ambili Dasappan | |
19 | Alakkuzhi | Vijaya Kumar R | |
20 | Kura | Jalaja Gopinath |
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