Karicode or Karikodu is a neighbourhood of

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city in

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. It is about 5 km away from

city centre. Karicode is the 23rd ward in

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council. The place is very famous because of the educational institutions by TKM Group(Thangal Kunju Musaliar Group). Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in

is the first self-financing engineering college in

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state. The college, established in 1958, is to be considered as the pioneers in engineering education in Kerala. TKM Arts & Science college is also situated at Karicode.

Importance

Karicode is one among the cashew processing hubs of

. It was a part of Kilikollur panchayath before. Kilikollur has the largest number of cashew processing factories in

. When

Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Karicode also merged with

along with Kilikollur. The congested stretch of National Highway 744 passing through Karicode makes the place a traffic black-spot in Kollam city. So many accidents happened in Karicode area because of the congested, under developed NH stretch. Kilikollur railway station is situated in Karicode. It is the first railway station from Kollam in the railway line from Kollam to

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Transport

Karicode is situated on National Highway 744 connecting the city of

with

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. Nearest railway station is Kilikollur railway station, situated at Karicode. This gives connectivity to

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situated at a distance of 6 km from here that connects to all the major cities of

Educational Institutions in Karicode

The following Educational Institutions are located in and around Karicode. *T K M College of Engineering *T.K.M. College of Arts and Science *Sivaram NSS Higher Secondary School *T.K.M Higher Secondary School *MEA English Medium Higher Secondary School *Amrita Vidyalayam *Chathinamkulam MSM Higher Secondary School *Karicode Gvt Lower Primary School *TKM Centenary Public School *T.K.M. Kindergarten

References

Neighbourhoods in Kollam {{Kollam-geo-stub