Kalluvathukkal is a village in the Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. NH 47 passes through the village. The nearest towns are Chathannoor and Paripally. Kollam Government Medical College is only 3 km from Kalluvathukkal. There are lower primary and upper primary schools in the Kalluvathukkal panchayat. The panchayat also has its own school, offering classes from 5th to 10th standard. A small stadium is located next to the school. The place is infamous for the Kalluvathukkal hooch tragedy, which took place on 21 October 2000 and claimed 31 lives.
Geography
Kalluvathukkal is located in the approximately 21 kilometers from Kollam city and 50 kilometers north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kalluvathukkal's population is 21,555 people, including 10,065 males and 11,490 females.
Administration
+ 2025 Local Body Election – Kalluvathukkal Grama Panchayat Ward No Ward name Member Party Alliance 1 Ezhipuram R. Muraleedharan BJP 2 Chirakkara N. Appukkuttan Pillai BJP 3 Chavarkodu S. Vijayan CPI(M) 4 Kizhakkanela Reena Mangalath INC 5 Meenampalam Sheeja N. R CPI 6 Kadampattukonam L. Bindu CPI(M) 7 Ilamkulam Hareesh Poovathoor INC 8 Aduthala Mercy Teacher CPI 9 Nadakikkal B. R. Deepa BJP 10 Mevanakonam S. Sathyapalan BJP 11 Karimpaloor Alli Aji BJP 12 Pampuram Ajayakumar D. L CPI(M) 13 Parippally N. Santhini INC 14 Vattakuzhikkal Sudeep BJP 15 Velamannoor Chandrika Teacher CPI 16 Vilavoorkonam P. Pratheesh Kumar INC 17 Kulamada D. Subhadramma RSP 18 Kulathoorkonam Ranjith (Thambikkuttan) BJP 19 Kalluvathukkal Rajani Rajan INC 20 E S I Baiju Lakshmanan BJP
Transport
Kollam Railway Station is 19 km from Kalluvathukkal, while Paravur Railway Station, which is 10 km away, and Varkala Railway Station, located 13 km away, are also nearby. Ten pairs of express trains stop at Paravur Railway Station. Kollam Railway Station is 22 km from the village, and the Chathannoor KSRTC depot is 5 km from Kalluvathukkal.
The nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport, approximately 44 kilometers south on National Highway 66.
Kalluvathukkal is well-connected to major cities like Trivandrum, Alappuzha, Kochi, and Thrissur, as well as important towns such as Kollam, Paravur, Kottarakkara and Varkala via National Highway 66 (NH 66) and other state Public Works Department (PWD) roads.
Notable people
Kalaranjini, Chirakkara Devi temple near Kalluvathukkal is her ancestral family temple Urvashi (actress), Chirakkara Devi temple near Kalluvathukkal is her ancestral family temple Kalpana (Malayalam actress), Chirakkara Devi temple near Kalluvathukkal is her ancestral family temple Anwar Rasheed
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