Kilikollur

Killikolloor
Zone & Neighbourhood
Kilikollur railway station entrance
Killikolloor Location in Kollam, India Show map of Kollam Killikolloor Killikolloor (Kerala) Show map of Kerala
Coordinates: 8°55′2.76″N76°37′59.08″E / 8.9174333°N 76.6330778°E / 8.9174333; 76.6330778
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Municipal Corporation	Kollam
Government
• Type	Councillor
•  Mayor	A.K Hafeez (INC)
•  Deputy Mayor	Dr. Udaya Sukumaran
•  District collector	Devidas. N, IAS
Area
• Total	11.24 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691 004
Telephone code	0474
Vehicle registration	KL-02
Website	www.kollam.nic.in

Kilikolloor, also known as Kilikollur, is a neighbourhood in Kollam district in Kerala, India. ^[1] It is a center of the cashew industry in the area, ^{[2] [3]} and is also a hub of automobile production.

National Highway 744 passes through Killikolloor. It is served by Kilikollur railway station, a stop for trains to and from Kollam, Paravur, Punalur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari, Ernakulam, and Guruvayur. ^{[4] [5]}

Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering is located in Kilikollur. ^[6] A zonal office of Kollam Municipal Corporation is also located in the neighbourhood.

Merging of Kilikollur with Kollam City Corporation

Kilikollur was a panchayath and was formed in 1953. It was included in Anchalumoodu block of Kollam district with an area of 11.24 km². ^[7] Kollam has been a commercial center in India since at least 851 AD. ^[8] When Kollam Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation in the year 2000, it was merged with Killikollur. ^{[9] [10]}

Location

• Kollam Junction railway station - 5.5 km
• Andamukkam City Bus Stand - 6 km
• Kollam KSRTC Bus Station - 6.5 km
• Kollam Port - 8 km
• Chinnakada - 5.5 km ^[11]
• Thangassery - 8.2 km

See also

• Kollam Junction railway station 3 km
• Andamukkam City Bus Stand4KM
• Kadappakada2KM
• Chinnakada3KM

References

1. "Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
2. Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Expoters Directory - The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
3. Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Pincode of Killikolloor, Kollam
4. Trains from Kilikollur - Indiarailinfo
5. Six new stops for Punalur - Guruvayur train : TOI
6. Archived 27 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
7. Welcome to the Land of Cashews - Kollam
8. Methodology - Conceptual framework of the problem
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015. Rapid Baseline Assessment - Kollam City
10. Residents' associations hail UDF panel decision - The Hindu
11. Kilikollur, Kollam - Kerala Tourism