Kalleli is a small village, about 10 kilometres away from
Konni (India) in
Pathanamthitta district
Pathanamthitta District (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Adoor, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvalla ...
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Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. It is situated on the banks of river
Achankovil
Achankovil is a 128 km long west flowing river in Kerala, India, which flows through Kollam, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha districts. The river drains vast tract of fertile plains of Upper Kuttanad in the Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta district ...
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The main cash crop here is Rubber plantations, had Tea plantations until 3 decades back but gradually discontinued due to slight change of climatic conditions. Also there used to be some paddy fields but over the last few decades that too gave way for Rubber and other crops.
Nearest railway station is Chengannoor, some 30 km away. Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) 100 km and Cochin (K0ochi) 125 km are the nearest airports.
Achenkovil, the origin of the river Achenkovil is some 28 km away and via Achenkovil, you can reach Chenkottai, Tamil Nadu by cars, jeeps or motorcycles. There are lot of streams and small water falls in Kalleli and the Reserve forest areas are a thick tropical forest that rolls down to the foot of the hill range.
References
Villages in Pathanamthitta district
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