Kannetty

Kannetty

കന്നേറ്റി
Kannetty കന്നേറ്റി
Village
	Kannetty kayal
	Kannetty Location in Kerala, India
	Coordinates: 9°3′16″N 76°32′7″E / 9.05444°N 76.53528°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	690518
Telephone code	+91 (0)4762
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-23
Nearest city	Kollam (27 km) Karunagappally
Sex ratio	999 ♂/♀
Literacy	94.26%
Climate	Am/Aw (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature	27.2 °C (81.0 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	24.4 °C (75.9 °F)

Kannetty is a village situating in the outskirts of Karunagappally, Kollam district, Kerala state , India. Kannetty is famous for the Vallam kalis conducted in the backwater of the same name.^[1]

Geography[edit | edit source]

The main geographic feature of this place is the backwater named Kannetty kayal. It is linked to National Waterway 3 by feeder canal. Several Vallam kalis are conducting in this backwater.

Vallam kali[edit | edit source]

Several Vallam kalis including Sree Narayana trophy vallamkali, Ayyankali trophy vallam kali, etc are conducting in the Kannetty-kayal. ^[2]

Sree Narayana Trophy Vallam kali[edit | edit source]

Sree Narayana Trophy Vallamkali is one of the main Vallam kali in Kerala is conducting annually on Chathayam day of Onam. ^[3]

Ayyankali Trophy vallam kali[edit | edit source]

This vallam kali is conducting as a memorial of Ayyankali, a social reformer in Kerala.^[4]

Politics[edit | edit source]

Kannetty is a part of chavara legislative assembly and Kollam (Lok sabha constituency). Currently N.K Premachandran is serving as the Member of parliament of Kollam.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Malayalam is the native language of Parakode.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Events & Festivals - Kannetti boat race". Kerala State Tourism Department. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
↑ "Chambakulam Chundan wins Sree Narayana Trophy". The Hindu. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
↑ "Sree Narayana Trophy Vallamkali". Mathrubhumi. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
↑ "Ayyankali trophy vallamkali". Madhyamam Daily. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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[1] "Events & Festivals - Kannetti boat race". Kerala State Tourism Department. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

[2] "Chambakulam Chundan wins Sree Narayana Trophy". The Hindu. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

[3] "Sree Narayana Trophy Vallamkali". Mathrubhumi. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

[4] "Ayyankali trophy vallamkali". Madhyamam Daily. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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