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Mavelikkara () is a municipality

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Mavelikara had a population of 26,421 with 12,070 males and 14,351 females. Mavelikara Municipality has an area of with 7,184 families residing in it. The average female sex ratio was 1189 higher than the state average of 1084. 7.7% of the population was under 6 years of age. Mavelikara had an average literacy of 96.9% higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 97.8% and female literacy was 96.2%.

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|2001

|28439

|13506

|14933

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|70.94

|0.98

|28.02

|0.00

|0.02

|0.00

|0.00

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|2011

|26421

|12070

|14351

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|72.22

|1.04

|26.49

|0.02

|0.02

|0.00

|0.05

|0.17

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Transport

Bus

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has a sub depot at Mavelikara (Station Code: MVKA) which is one among the 46 sub depots in the state. The KSRTC sub depot at Mavelikara has an inter state bus service which is operated to Tenkasi every day; 2 trips morning & evening via Kayamkulam, Kattanam.

The Municipal Private bus stand is located at Mitchel Junction with buses to Chengannur, Pathanamthitta, Adoor, Pandalam, Thiruvalla, Haripad, Kayamkulam, Changanassery.

Rail

thumb|Mavelikara Railway Station

Mavelikara railway station (Station Code:MVLK) is a mainline station in the Trivandrum Division of the Southern Railway Zone (India), with connections to New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Mangalore, Bhopal, Guwahati, Nagpur and Jammu. Other nearby stations are Kayamkulam Junction railway station, Chengannur Railway Station, Haripad railway station and Kollam Junction railway station.

Air & Road connectivity

  • Airports: The nearest major airports are Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) International Airport (115 km) and Cochin International Airport (127 km).
  • Roads: Kerala State Highway 10 (SH 10) originates in Mavelikara, providing regional connectivity.

Economy

Local industries in and around Mavelikara include:

  • KSRTC Regional Workshop and Bus Body Building Centre Mavelikara
  • ALIND Switchgear, Mannar

Several small-scale industries are present in the Industrial Estate (an initiative of SIDCO) located at Kollakadavu.

Politics

Lok Sabha

Mavelikara has its own constituency in the Lok Sabha. Until the 2002 Lok Sabha Delimitation took effect in 2008, the constituency consisted of Chengannur, Mavelikara, Kayamkulam, Pandalam, Thiruvalla and Kallupara. Since then, the assembly constituencies have comprised Changanassery, Kuttanad, Mavelikara (SC), Chengannur, Kunnathur (SC), Kottarakara and Pathanapuram. The constituency is now reserved for a scheduled caste candidate.

Kodikunnil Suresh of the INC has represented the Mavelikara constituency since 2009.

State Assembly

M.S Arunkumar from the CPI(M) is the representative of Mavelikara in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Culture

The cultural capital of Alappuzha is Mavelikara. Mavelikara was once part of the principality of Onattukara and has been a centre of religious harmony, culture and arts for several centuries.

Mavelikara is home to the Statue of Buddha in Seated Position, which dates back to the 9th century AD.

Places of worship

Notable places of worship include:-

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  • Chettikulangara Devi Temple, founded in AD 823, is a Bhagawathy Temple. The major festival is Chettikulangara Kumbha Bharani.
  • Kandiyoor Sree Mahadeva Temple, also known as Dakshina Kashi Founded in AD 731
  • Mavelikara Maruthakshi Devi Temple, Mavelikara

Educational institutions

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  • Bishop Moore College, Kallumala, Mavelikara
  • Bishop Moore Vidyapith,Kallumala, Mavelikara
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chennithala
  • Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavelikara
  • Sree Narayana Central School, Mavelikara

Hospitals

  • Govt.hospital, Mavelikara
  • VSM hospital
  • Sreekandapuram hospital
  • Meepallikutti hospital

Notable people

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  • Abu Abraham, cartoonist and writer
  • P. C. Alexander, principal Secretary to former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
  • Zacharias Athanasios, 3rd Bishop of Tiruvalla - Cherian Polachirackal, originally from Mavelikara, raised in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
  • His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Didymos I, leader of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, 20th Malankara Metropolitan and 7th Catholicos of the Malankara Church
  • Ramesh Chennithala, home minister, leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
  • Manu S. Pillai, writer and historian
  • Ramayyan Dalawa, the chief minister and friend of marthandavarma- the kavu in front of municipal office is in his name
  • Archbishop Aboon Geevarghese Ivanios, founding father of the Syro–Malankara Catholic Church, originally a bishop from the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
  • T. K. Madhavan, Reformist leader of modern Kerala
  • Geevarghese Osthathios, Bishop of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, theologian, orator and writer
  • Rahul Panicker, award-winning innovator, entrepreneur, scientist
  • Divya Pillai, actress
  • A. V. Vasudevan Potti, poet and lyricist
  • Shaji Prabhakaran, Former football Consultant (FIFA, AFC)
  • Narendra Prasad, college professor, actor, author
  • Justice C. T. Ravikumar, Judge Supreme Court of India
  • C. M. Stephen, Leader of Congress and the INTUC, he is the first opposition leader of congress, a devoted member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
  • K. P. A. C. Sulochana, actress and playback singer
  • P. G. N. Unnithan, the last Diwan (Prime Minister) of independent Travancore
  • M. S. Valiathan, cardiac surgeon, former President of the Indian National Science Academy and National Research Professor
  • A. R. Raja Raja Varma, grammarian and poet
  • Raja Ravi Varma, artist
  • Ravindra Varma, minister for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs in the Morarji Desai Ministry in India from 1977 to 1979
  • R. Marthanda Varma, India's first neurosurgeon and developer of a surgical technique for treating Parkinson's disease
  • Vishnupriya- Malayalam film actress
  • thumb|CSI church Yesudasan, cartoonist and member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

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See also

  • Charummood
  • Chettikulangara
  • Karunagappalli
  • Mannar
  • Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)
  • kayamkulam
  • Padanilam
  • Thriperumthura
  • Vallikunnam

References

  • Shappil House - Ancient Family in Mavelikara