Karicode

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Karicode or Karikodu is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in India. It is about 5 km away from Kollam city centre. Karicode is the 23rd ward in Kollam Municipal Corporation council.{{cite web |url=http://www.kollamcorporation.gov.in/council |title=Councils - Kollam City Corporation |access-date=13 December 2015 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910155210/http://www.kollamcorporation.gov.in/council |url-status=dead }} The place is very famous because of the educational institutions by TKM Group(Thangal Kunju Musaliar Group). Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in Kollam is the first self-financing engineering college in Kerala state. The college, established in 1958, is to be considered as the pioneers in engineering education in Kerala.{{cite web|url=http://tkmce.ac.in/ |title=TKMCE |access-date=13 December 2015}} TKM Arts & Science college is also situated at Karicode.{{cite web |url=http://www.tkmcas.ac.in/Website/ContactUs.html |title=TKM Arts & Science College |access-date=13 December 2015 |archive-date=20 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220112525/http://www.tkmcas.ac.in/Website/ContactUs.html |url-status=dead }}

Importance

Karicode is one among the cashew processing hubs of Kollam.{{cite web|url=http://cashewindia.org/php/exporters_directory.php?listing_per_page=3&page=71 |title=CEPCI - Kollam |access-date=13 December 2015}} It was a part of Kilikollur panchayath before. Kilikollur has the largest number of cashew processing factories in India. When Kollam Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Karicode also merged with Kollam along with Kilikollur.[http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/16-Kollam-Draft-Report.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182244/http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/16-Kollam-Draft-Report.pdf |date=14 July 2014 }} Rapid Baseline Assessment - Kollam City[https://archive.today/20140903133118/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112603510500.htm] Residents' associations hail UDF panel decision - The Hindu

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/six-engineering-students-killed-in-road-accident/article6745696.ece |title=Six engineering students killed in road accident - The Hindu |access-date=13 December 2015}}

Kilikollur railway station is situated in Karicode. It is the first railway station from Kollam in the railway line from Kollam to Tenkasi.

Transport

Karicode is situated on National Highway 744 connecting the city of Kollam with Tamil Nadu. Nearest railway station is Kilikollur railway station, situated at Karicode. This gives connectivity to Kollam Junction railway station situated at a distance of 6 km from here that connects to all the major cities of India.

Educational Institutions in Karicode

The following Educational Institutions are located in and around Karicode.

T K M College of Engineering {{cite web|url=http://tkmce.ac.in/|title=T K M College of Engineering|access-date=26 March 2018}}
T.K.M. College of Arts and Science {{cite web|url=http://www.tkmcas.ac.in/|title=T K M College of Arts and Science|access-date=26 March 2018}}
Sivaram NSS Higher Secondary School {{cite web|url=http://education.kerala.gov.in/Downloads2011/Notifications/statitics/hs/kollam.pdf/|title=LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN KOLLAM DISTRICT|access-date=26 March 2018}}
T.K.M Higher Secondary School {{cite web|url=http://education.kerala.gov.in/Downloads2011/Notifications/statitics/hs/kollam.pdf/|title=LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN KOLLAM DISTRICT|access-date=26 March 2018}}
MEA English Medium Higher Secondary School {{cite web|url=http://education.kerala.gov.in/Downloads2011/Notifications/statitics/hs/kollam.pdf/|title=LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN KOLLAM DISTRICT|access-date=26 March 2018}}
Amrita Vidyalayam {{cite web|url=http://kllm.amritavidyalayam.org|title=Amrita Vidyalayam|access-date=26 March 2018}}
Chathinamkulam MSM Higher Secondary School {{cite web|url=http://education.kerala.gov.in/Downloads2011/Notifications/statitics/hs/kollam.pdf/|title=LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN KOLLAM DISTRICT|access-date=26 March 2018}}
Karicode Gvt Lower Primary School {{cite web|url=http://education.kerala.gov.in/Downloads2011/Notifications/statitics/lp/kollamlp.pdf/|title=LIST OF LP SCHOOLS IN KOLLAM DISTRICT|access-date=26 March 2018}}
TKM Centenary Public School {{cite web|url=http://tkmcps.org/|title=T K M Centenary Public School|access-date=26 March 2018}}
T.K.M. Kindergarten

References

Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam