Vellarada

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| name = Vellarada
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| native_name_lang = വെള്ളറട(Malayalam, வெள்ளரடா (Tamil)
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| subdivision_name = India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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| governing_body = Grama Panchayath
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| population_total = 31384
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 695505
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''' Vellarada '''is a border [[village]] situated in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India.<ref name="censusindia">{{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}}</ref> It is 42 km from Thiruvananthapuram. It is the southernmost part of Kerala state, sharing its border with Tamil Nadu. Vellarada is said to be the threshold to the high-range areas of the eastern part of Thiruvananthapuram district. The southernmost point of Western Ghats in Kerala is near Vellarada.

Vellarada is also known for its hilltop shrine "Kurisumala Pilgrim Centre<ref>{{Cite news|title = Kurisumala pilgrimage to begin on March 13|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kurisumala-pilgrimage-to-begin-on-march-13/article4486956.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2013-03-08|access-date = 2015-10-22|issn = 0971-751X}}</ref>" (also called Thekkan kurisumala) which is located at a height of 914 meter. Thousands of devotees from various parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka visit the shrine during Lent every year.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], A total of 8285 families resides in Vellarada. Vellarada village had a population of 31839 with 15702 males and 16137 females. There is a positive sex ratio of 1027 existing in Vellarada. Literacy is at 87.78 %. The dominant religions in Vellarada are Hinduism and Christianity. The Scheduled Caste (SC) constitutes 5.82 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) was 0.78 % of the total population in Vellarada village.

Majority of the population practice agriculture, chiefly cash crops like rubber.

==Administration==

* From local self-government perspective, in the three-tier [[Panchayati raj in India|Panchayati Raj]] local self-government model, Vellarada [[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayat]] falls in the [[Perumkadavila]] [[Block panchayat|Block Panchayat]] of Thiruvananthapuram [[Zilla Panchayat|Jilla Panchayat]]Panchayath. The Vellarada [[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayat]] , in turn, has 23 wards which are the smallest administrative unit.

* In the political map of the country, Vellarada falls into Parassala Legislative assembly constituency of Kerala state and [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of parliament of India.

* In revenue administration point of view Vellarada Village falls into [[Neyyattinkara taluk]] of [[Thiruvananthapuram district]].
* In [[Law and order (politics)|Law and Order]] perspective, Vellarada falls under [[Kerala Police]]'s Thiruvananthapuram Rural police district. The station serves neighbouring villages of Kunnathukal and Amboori also.[https://tvmrural.keralapolice.gov.in/wings/police-stations/vellarada-ps]
* In terms of registration, Vellarada has a Sub Registrar Office, that is under Department of Registration, [[Government of Kerala]]. However, Vellarada SRO doesn't have an independent vehicle registration code Parassala (KL -19).

==Transportation==

In the case of transportation Vellarada doesn't have direct rail connectivity or waterways connectivity. Roadways are the main and only mode of transportation.

=== Roadways ===
The major roads passing through Vellarada are,

* The [[Hill Highway (Kerala)]] from Parassala to Nandarapadavu in Kasaragod,

* The [[State Highway 3 (Kerala)]] i.e. The [[Nedumangad]]–[[Aralvaimozhi]] road made by Travancore kings that pass through Anappara in Vellarada and,

* The [[Karamana]] - Vellarada Road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/karamana-vellarada-road-to-be-developed-in-two-phases/article27891966.ece|title=Karamana-Vellarada road to be developed in two phases|date=2019-06-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-06|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Public transport through road is entirely managed by KSRTC and TNSTC.

* [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]] connects Vellarada directly with district headquarters Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Parassala, [[Kattakada]], Nedumangad and distant towns such as [[Kottayam]], [[Erattupetta]] and [[Kottarakkara]]. There are no private buses operating through Vellarada.

* [[TNSTC]] has only a very few services through Vellarada.[[TNSTC]] connects Vellarada directly with [[Kanyakumari]], [[Thuckalay]] [[Nagercoil]] most of them connect to either [[Parassala]] or [[Marthandam]]. TNSTC is available in abundance from a nearby place called [[Panachamoodu]] which is a town that's partially in Kerala and partially in Tamil Nadu.

=== Railways ===
The nearest railway stations from Vellarada are,

[[Parassala railway station]] - 13 km

[[Dhanuvachapuram]] railway station - 15 km

[[Neyyattinkara railway station]] - 17 km

[[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station]] - 37 km

[[Eraniel railway station]] - 37 km

=== Airways ===
The nearest airports are,

[[Trivandrum International Airport]] - 40 km

[[Tuticorin Airport]] - 151 km

[[Cochin International Airport]] - 260 km

==Tourist Attractions==
*Kali Mala
*Thekkan Kurissumala
*Chittar Dam and reservoir (in Tamil Nadu)
*Neyyar Wild Life Sanctuary
*Kottur Elephant Rehabilitation Center
*Mayam Kadavu, Amboori.

== Health Care ==

* Vellarada Community Health Centre
* Ruckmony Hospital
* CSI Medical College Karakonam

==Educational institutions==

* Velayudha panikkar memorial higher secondary school vellarada
* Seventh Day School
* Govt Ups Vellarada
* Easwara Vilasam Up School Koothali
* Govt Lps School Koothali
* Lms Lps Anchumaramkala
*LMS LPS Manoor, Pattamthalakkal

== Higher Education Institutes ==

* CSI Medical College, Karakonam
* PRS Engineering College, Paliyode
* UIT Arattukuzhi

== Religious ==
*Thekkan Kurisumala pilgrim center
*St pius church Kurisumala
*Kalimala
*Choondical Sree Bhadrakali Devi Temple
*Kaliyikkal Sree Bhadrakaali Temple
*Pachayam Sree Dharma shastha Temple
*Chirathalakkal Sree Bhagavathy Temple
*C S I Churuli
*C S I Manali
*C S I vellarada(district&Area Church)
*C S I muttachal
*vencodu Sree Dharmasastha Temple

==References==
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{{Thiruvananthapuram district}}

[[Category:Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district]]

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