Vithura

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| settlement_type = Town

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| image_caption = VITHURA

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| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Thiruvananthapuram

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| parts = Nedumangad

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| governing_body = Gram panchayat

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| population_total = 18437{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/628494-vithura-kerala.html|title=2011 Census of India|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2019-05-04}}

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

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| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English{{cite web |title=The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969 |url=http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911111246/http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 September 2014}}

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| postal_code = 695551{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx|title=India Post :Pincode Search|website=Indiapost.gov.in|access-date=2008-12-16}}

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Vithura, also known as the Hill City Of Thiruvananthapuram, is located 36 km from Thiruvananthapuram capital of the Kerala state in India.{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?lat=8.6818600&lon=77.1022300&z=4&plat=8.6068632&plon=76.9257545&pz=4&addr=Vithura|title=Yahoo Maps India : Vithura|website=In.maps.yahoo.com|access-date=2008-12-18}} 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.{{fact|date=October 2023}} The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram campus is situated here.

File:AADHAR registration camp at the Public Information Campaign organised by the Press Information Bureau Thiruvananthapuram, at Vithura Grama Panchayath, Kerala on November 26, 2014.jpg registration camp at Vithura Grama Panchayath]]

Demography

Vithura is a town located in Nedumangad Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala with total 5164 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/628494-vithura-kerala.html|title=2011 Census of India|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2019-05-04}} The 2001 census reported a population of 26,927.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2008-12-10}}

Places of worship

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

Sri Mahadeva Devi Temple, at Sivan Kovil Vithura
Sri Mudipura Bhadrakali Devi Temple at Sivan Covil Jn
Sri Muthumariyamman Kovil, at Memala, Vithura
Vellamkanni Matha church Vithura
Divine Providence Latin Catholic Church Vithura
CSI CHURCH Vithura
Sri Mahaganapathi Temple Maruthamala Vithura
Makki Sri Dharmasastha Kshethram Vithura
The Pentecostal Mission Vithura (TPM)
Sree Krishnaswami Temple
Sri Bhadrakali Devi Temple, at Chayam Vithura
All Saints Syro Malabar Church, at Koppam Vithura
St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church Vithura
St. Joseph Latin Catholic Church Vithura
Sri Bhadrakali Devi Temple (Kulamancode), at Pulichamala
Sri Subhramanya kshethram chayam Vithura
Muhiyudheen Jumah Masjid
St. George Orthodox Church
Sri Mariyamman Devi Temple, Kallar
CSI Church Chayam

Educational institutions

There are a large number of government schools and other educational institutions in the area.{{fact|date=October 2023}} 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.{{fact|date=October 2023}}

Tourist spots

File:Vamanapuram river that flows through Vithura.jpg

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.[http://trivandrum.nic.in/panchayatpopulation1.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629003643/http://trivandrum.nic.in/panchayatpopulation1.html|date=29 June 2007}}

References

Category:Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district