Vithura

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subdivision_type2District
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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. 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. The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram campus is situated here.

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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. The 2001 census reported a population of 26,927.

Places of worship

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

Educational institutions

There are a large number of government schools and other educational institutions in the area. 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.

Tourist spots

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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.

References

References

  1. "2011 Census of India". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  2. "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969".
  3. "India Post :Pincode Search".
  4. "Yahoo Maps India : Vithura".
  5. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. [http://trivandrum.nic.in/panchayatpopulation1.html] {{webarchive. link. (29 June 2007)

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