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'''Pallithottam''' is a neighbourhood of [[Kollam]] city situated at the coastal region. It is the 46th ward in [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kollamcorporation.gov.in/council&cid=2010016804601 |title=Councils - Kollam Municipal Corporation |access-date=16 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222132746/http://www.kollamcorporation.gov.in/council%26cid%3D2010016804601 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pallithottam is totally depending on fishing activities and operations of [[Kollam Port]].

==Significance==
Pallithottam is considered as one among the 27 fishing villages in [[Kollam district]]. It is coming under the Central Zone-II of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ksudp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=268&Itemid=70 |title=Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> The fisherman community of Pallithottam is using modern amenities for easing their work. As per the result of a survey conducted among the fishing villages of [[Kollam]] by [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 2011, fisherman community from Pallithottam is the most educated fisherman community in [[Kollam]]. [[Global Positioning System|Global Positioning System(GPS)]], [[Sonar]]s and [[Echo sounding|Echo sounders]], [[Information and communications technology|ICT]] gadgets, [[Mobile phone]]s and updates from Radio Benziger 107.8 FM(a [[Kollam]] based [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]]) are used by this fishing community<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/purl/2796/Dyuthi-T0817.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Communication Parameters in the Marine Fisheries Sector of Kerala – A study of Kollam Coastal Villages |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> The Fishing villages of Pallithottam having a
mixed picture of tradition and modernity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edaa.in/updates/radio-bengizer-follows-fishermen-30-km-from-land |title=Radio Bengizer follows fishermen 30 km from land – Ministry of Information and Broadcasting:Government of India |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>

Pallithottam is situated in a cluster of five fishing villages along a five kilometre coastline around a natural bay just south of [[Neendakara]]—the largest trawler harbour in [[Kerala]]. A full-fledged boat yard is functioning at Pallithottam. Few numbers of small plywood dinghies are working there at Pallithottam for fishing in the backwaters with the use of sails.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/22345/11/11_chapter%206.pdf |title=Shodhganga - Kollam |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> The fisherman community of Pallithottam have demanded separate fish landing and auction hall facilities within the [[Tangasseri|Tangassery]] harbour complex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/03/stories/2004120304420300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141217141823/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/03/stories/2004120304420300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Demand for separate fish landing facilities |date=2004-12-03 |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> [[Kollam Development Authority|Kollam Development Authority(KDA)]] had taken up a housing colony project for Pallithottam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.townplanning.kerala.gov.in/Pages/kollam/kollam_dev_plan.pdf |title=Town Planning - Kollam(2011) |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> A considerable number of members in South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies(SIFFS) is from Pallithottam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siffs.org/BoardMembers.html |title=SIFFS Board Members |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> A good number of the city's cable TV networking companies are based on Pallithottam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibfindia.com/sites/default/files/Kerala.pdf |title=Directory - Cable TV Providers in Kerala |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> One among the 17 police stations coming under the jurisdiction of [[Kollam City Police]] is situated at Pallithottam.

==Location==
* [[Kollam Port]] - 2.2 km
* [[Kollam Beach]] - 300 m
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]] - 2 km
* [[Kollam KSRTC Bus Station]] - 2.7 km
* [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand]] - 1.4 km
* [[Paravur railway station]] - 12.7 km

==See also==
* [[Chinnakada]]
* [[Kollam]]
* [[Kollam Beach]]
* [[Kollam Port]]
* [[Mundakkal]]

== References ==
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{{Kollam district}}
{{Kollam |state=collapsed}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Kollam |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]
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