Kumbalam, Kollam

Kumbalam
Kumbalam
place
	Kumbalam Location in Kerala, India Kumbalam Kumbalam (India)
	Coordinates: 8°59′31″N 76°39′43″E / 8.991990°N 76.662083°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	4,000
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691 503
Telephone code	0474
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL-2 XXXX
Vehicle registration	KL-02
Nearest city	Kundara
Lok Sabha constituency	Kollam
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)

Kumbalam, is a place in Kollam, Kerala, India. It has a population of around 4,000 and is a part of Perayam grama panchayat. It is in the bank of Astamudi lake and houses an international school.^[1] Nearby places are Karikuzhi, Kottappuram and Perayam.

Education[edit]

International School

St. Joseph International Academy follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) syllabus. The school is owned and operated by the Valiavila Foundation, a registered charitable trust led by Dr. Joseph D Fernandez.

Higher Secondary School

St. Michael's Vocational Higher Secondary School^[2]

Lower Primary School

St. Mary’s Lower Primary School

Library[edit]

Kumbalam has had a public library since 1951.^{[citation needed]}

Religion[edit]

Kumbalam is one of the biggest parishes under Quilon Diocese. St. Michael's Church in Kumbalam^[3] is the second largest church in Quilon Diocese. Fr. Lucas Fernandez, Fr. Tobias Fernandez, Msgr Charles M Fernandez, Fr. Dr. Stanislaus M Fernandez SDB, Rev. Dr. Samuel Ryan SJ, Teacher Angelus M Fernandez, Dr.Joseph D Fernandez , Prof. KS Peter, and Prof. S Varghese are from Kumbalam.

Hospital[edit]

Primary Health Centre

References[edit]

^ "Home". sjia.org.in.
^ "VHSE, Kerala". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ "+++..:: Quilon Diocese ::.. +++ Kumbalam church". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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[1] "Home". sjia.org.in.

[2] "VHSE, Kerala". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

[3] "+++..:: Quilon Diocese ::.. +++ Kumbalam church". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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