Parasuvaikkal പരശുവയ്ക്കല് |
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village | |
Location in Kerala, India | |
Coordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°ECoordinates: 8°21′53″N 77°08′15″E / 8.3648°N 77.1375°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thiruvananthapuram |
Government | |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 17,092 |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 695 508 |
Telephone code | +91 471 22 |
Vehicle registration | KL-19 |
Nearest city | Thiruvananthapuram |
Lok Sabha constituency | Thiruvananthapuram |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Parassala |
Parasuvaikkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Parasuvaikkal has three Hindu temples namely Parasuvaikkal major Sree Bhagavathy temple governed by Travancore Devaswom Board, Ponnamkulam Devi Kshethram (Goddess Durga is the main deity worshipped here)and Kottakkakam Sree Mahadeva Kshethram Trust(Lord Shiva is the main deity worshipped here) . A mosque and number of churches are there. Educational institutions are very few in number. BFM residential school and a few government schools are there.There is a private hospital too in parasuvaikal -Saroja hospital.
Connected from the majar cities. NH 47 Road passing through parasuvaikal via to capcity kanniyakumari.
Parasuvaikkal is the very next village after parassala from Kerala - Tamil Nadu Border and its well connected to a number of major cities in Kerala by road and rail.
A small railway station in the Southern Railway network is nearby, namely Dhanuvachapuram. Most of the passenger trains stops here.
The Salem - Kanyakumari National Highway (NH 47) passes through the village. Government buses as well as private bus services operate between Trivandrum and other major towns such as Parassala, Neyyattinkara, Balaramapuram, Kollam and the northern districts of Kerala.
Trivandrum International Airport, Cochin International Airport, Tuticorin Airport, Madurai Airport are the nearest airports.
As of 2001[update] India census, Parasuvaikkal had a population of 17092 with 8477 males and 8615 females.