Chirakkara is a village in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea seaport and an in ...

in the state of

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. Chirakkara is 16 km away from the City of Kollam and 8 km away from Paravur Town, which is famous for festivals, estuary, backwaters and beaches.

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Chirakkara had a population of 17184 with 8124 males and 9060 females. Chirakkara is a village formed by dividing Meenad Village of Kollam Taluk of Kollam District. Likewise, Chirakkara is a Grama Panchayath formed by dividing

Chathannoor Chathannoor is a town in the Indian state of Kerala situated at the Kollam District on the banks of Ithikkara River. It is about from Kollam(Quilon) City. Chathannoor is around north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum). Th ...

Grama Panchayath. The developing tourist spot

Polachira Polachira is a wetland spread over 600 hectares(archived fro located near Paravur Municipality in Kollam District of Kerala, India. Formerly part of the Chathannoor Grama Panchayath, it is now located in the Chirakkara Grama Panchayath. P ...

is at Chirakkara Grama Panchayath. Panchayath headquarters is at Chirakkarathazham. The place named Chirakkara is here where famous Devi Temple situates. Chirakkara is a rural area.

Transportation

Chirakkara is just 2 km from Paravur-

Parippally Parippally is a village in Kalluvathukal Panchayath of Kollam district, Kerala, India. Paripally village is situated South of Kollam City along NH66 and North of Trivandrum along NH66. Kollam Govt. Medical College is situated in Parippally. K ...

road. The nearest railway station is

Paravur Railway Station Paravur railway station (Code:PVU) is a railway station in the Indian municipal town of Paravur in Kollam district, Kerala. Paravur railway station falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone of Indian R ...

, which is 8 km from Chirakkara. There is bus service from kottiyam through chathannoor to chirakkara

Temples

1) Chirakkara Devi Temple 2) Vilappuram Bhagavathy Temple 3) Kottekkunnu Subrahmanya Swami Temple 4) Chirakkara ayiravilly Temple 5) Yakshippura sreebhagavathi temple 6) Gurunagappan Temple Chirakkara-chirakkarathazham 7) Uliyanadu Mahadevar Temple 8) Ayyappa Temple, Kotheri 9) Mahadeva Temple, Chirakkarathazam 10) Vevukkonnam Temple, Chirakkara 11) Polachira Sree Mahavishnu Temple 12) Chamundeshwari deviTemple Kunnathoor 13)vevukonam temple, Chirakkara 14) NagatharaMoorthy kavu,chirakkara

Institutions

1) S.N. College,

2) Government H.S., Uliyanad 3) Government H.S., Chirakkara. 4) Government H.S., Nedumgolam 5) Anandavilasam Library, Vilappuram 6) Chirakkara public library 7) Kairali Vayanashala (library) 8) Chirakkara Co-operative Bank 9) Indian Bank Chirakkara

Places of interest

Anathavalam: The famous Anathavalam (The centre where domestic elephants are there) is just in its border.

: The best sight seeing place and foreign bird sanctuary.

References

* Plan Documents of Ithikkara Block Panchayath * Plan Documents of Chirakkara Grama Panchayath * Samagra Vikasana Rekha of Chathannoor Grama Panchayath Villages in Kollam district {{Kollam-geo-stub