Kalavoor is a village located in National Highway 66 at Alappuzha district in the Indian state of

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Location

Kalavoor is to the north of

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city and to the South of

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. National Highway 66, passes through Kalavoor.

Transportation

It is well-connected by road and rail transportation. The railway station situated roughly 1 km away from the center has passenger services. KSRTC buses including limited and superfast services has stoppages. There is an auto-taxi hub too.

Institutions

* Central Coir Research Institute *All India Radio Relay Station

Industries

Kalavoor is home to several large scale and small scale industries that extend from Pharmaceuticals to Coir products. Some of the notable industries are : *

Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited (KSDP) is an enterprise fully owned by Government of Kerala for manufacturing essential and life-saving medicines primarily to cater the needs of Government hospitals in the State. Alongside its prim ...

Demographics

India

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, Kalavoor has a population of 29,808 with 14,458 males and 15,350 females living in 7,385 households. Population of children with age range of 0–6 years, is 2717 which is 9.12% of the total population. The

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of Kalavoor is 1062, lower than the state average of 1087. The child sex ratio is 959, which again is lower than the state average of 964. Hinduism, Islamism and Christianity are the three major religions found.

Notable people

Ratheesh Ratheesh (1954–2002) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He was a native of Kalavoor in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He performed villainous roles during the 1990s. He had acted in 158 films with dire ...

, Malayalam actor *

Kalavoor Ravikumar Kalavoor Ravikumar is an Indian author, screenwriter and film director who mainly works in the Malayalam film and literature. Early life and family He joined Kerala Kaumudi daily after the studies and started his professional career as a ...

, Malayalam screenwriter and movie director

External links

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, public information website
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Census of India
2011 website for demographics data. *

References

{{Alappuzha district Villages in Alappuzha district