Vithura

Coordinates: 8°40′54″N 77°06′08″E / 8.6818°N 77.1022°E / 8.6818; 77.1022
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Vithura
Town
VITHURA
VITHURA
Vithura is located in Kerala
Vithura
Vithura
Location in Kerala, India
Vithura is located in India
Vithura
Vithura
Vithura (India)
Coordinates: 8°40′54″N 77°06′08″E / 8.6818°N 77.1022°E / 8.6818; 77.1022
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
TalukasNedumangad
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total18,437[1]
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
695551[3]
Vehicle registrationKL-21
Nearest cityThiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituencyAttingal

Vithura, also known as the Hill City Of Trivandrum, is located 36 km from Thiruvananthapuram capital of the Kerala state in India.[4] Vithura is the culmination of the crossroads to many tourist, cultural, and religious centres. Surrounded by the Western Ghats (Sahyadris), Vithura is a tourist spot. The village has a good climate year-round.[citation needed] The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram campus is situated here.

AADHAR registration camp at Vithura Grama Panchayath

Demography[edit]

Vithura is a town located in Nedumangad Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala with total 5163 families residing. Population of Vithura counts 18437 persons of which 8680 are males while 9757 are females as per Population Census 2011. Vithura village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Vithura village was 88.64% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. Here, male literacy stands at 92.18% while female literacy rate was 85.54%. Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.17% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.37% of total population here.[1] The 2001 census reported a population of 26,927.[5]

Places of worship[edit]

The following are some of the places of worship in Vithura:

Educational institutions[edit]

There are a large number of government schools and other educational institutions in the area.[citation needed] These include campuses of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Valiyamala near Vithura.[citation needed]

Tourist spots[edit]

Vamanapuram river that flows through Vithura

There are several rubber plantations throughout the area. Prominent tourist spots include Ponmudi, Peppara Dam, Meenmutty Falls, Bonacaud and Agastyakoodam. A stone's throw away from Vithura lies Iruthalamoola Junction in the Tholicode Panchayath. Iru in Malayalam means two, thala means head and moola means corner, suggesting that the place gets its name from the two roads from Trivandrum to Ponmudi and Vithura to Aryanad meeting here. Perched on a hill very close to Iruthalamoola stands a magnificently massive rock called Chittiparra, frequented by adrenaline junkies keen on the challenges of rock climbing. Lush green paddy fields, rubber plantations, and coconut gardens abound in scenic Vithura make it a classic, ideal Kerala hot spot, apart from the hundreds of tea plantation workers who work in the hills. A visit to the local kalaris (Traditional Martial Arts Schools) in the region is a must to every first time tourist.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2011 Census of India". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF).
  3. ^ "India Post :Pincode Search". Indiapost.gov.in. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Yahoo Maps India : Vithura". In.maps.yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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