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|official_name = Valathungal
|other_name = Valathumgal
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'''Valathungal''' or '''Valathumgal''' is a neighbourhood and suburb of [[Kollam]] city in the Indian state of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/PincodeSearch.aspx?Pin_On=691018 |title=Valathungal B.O - India Post |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> It is the 30th 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 February 2015}}</ref> Valathungal is a fairly densely populated area of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kollamcorporation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Kollam_Draft%20CDP_Final_30th%20%20June%2014_0.pdf |title=Page:46 - Kollam City Development Plan-2041 |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> [[Eravipuram railway station]] is very close to Valathungal.

==Importance==
Valathungal lies close to the city's major transportation hubs. The presence of a significant number of schools and religious worship centres in the area have increased Valathungal's importance among the neighbourhoods of Kollam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/education/schools/Govt.Boys_H.S.S._Valathungal/429/ |title=Govt.Boys H.S.S. Valathungal - Mathrubhumi Education |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://v4vhse.forumotions.in/t48-list-of-schools-in-kollam-district |title=VHSE Schools - Kollam |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> The government VHSS and Boys High School are two of the important schools in the locality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tendertiger.com/viewtenderdetail.aspx?SrNo=14923198&tendertype=9d09819bf4266dce2eviL&Year=2014&Div-30-Valathungal%20VHSS%20Maintenance. |title=VHSS Valathungal - Tender Tiger |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> Valathungal is about {{convert|3|km}} from Pallimukku, which is on [[National Highway 47 (India)|National Highway-66]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/routes-locations/valathungal/id/17262 |title=Valathungal - Kerala Tourism |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

There were previously two different municipal councils for the huge Valathungal area (Valathungal West and Valathungal East), which in 2005 merged to form a single council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092807940300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150128121113/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092807940300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 January 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=LDF wins two-thirds majority in corporation |date=2005-09-28 |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> Valathungal council is in the [[Eravipuram]] zone of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]]. The Eravipuram Government Homoeo Pharmacy is located in Valathungal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeo.creativriderz.com/kollam/ |title=GHD - KGHPO |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

==Location==
* [[Chinnakada]] - {{convert|6.8|km}}
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]] - {{convert|6.2|km}}
* Pallimukku - {{convert|2.8|km}}
* [[Kollam Port]] - 8.7 km
* [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] - {{convert|18.2|km}}

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

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]

Valathungal - Revision history

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